PROCELEUSMATIC Definition & Meaning

proceleusmatic

[ pros-uh-loos-mat-ik, proh-suh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inciting, animating, or inspiring.
Prosody.
1. noting a metrical foot of four short syllables.
2. pertaining to or consisting of feet of this kind.

noun

Prosody. a proceleusmatic foot.

proceleusmatic

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adjective

denoting or consisting of a metrical foot of four short syllables

noun

a proceleusmatic metrical foot

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of proceleusmatic¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from Late Latin proceleusmaticus, from Greek ��ǰ��ܲ��پ��ó�� the name of the metrical foot, equivalent to pro- pro- ² + keleusmat- (stem of ��é��ܲ�� “summons,” derivative of ��ú�𾱲� “to rouse to action, command”) + -ikos -ic

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of proceleusmatic¹

C18: from Late Latin proceleusmaticus, from Greek prokeleusmatikos, from prokeleuein to drive on, from pro- ² + keleuein to give orders

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Proceleusmatic, pros-e-lūs-mat′ik, adj. inciting, encouraging.—n. in ancient prosody, a foot consisting of four short syllables.

From

The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl; scen. i. v.

From

Dr Johnson discovered in it the proceleusmatic song of the ancients; it certainly corresponds in real usage with the poet's description:— "Stat margine puppis, Qui voce alternos nautarum temperet ictus, Et remis dictet sonitum pariterque relatis, Ad numerum plaudet resonantia cærula tonsis."

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In the Latin comic writers, Plautus and Terence, great freedom is permitted, and the various equivalents of the Iambus, viz. the Dactyl, Anapaest, Spondee, Tribrach, Proceleusmatic, are freely admitted in any foot except the last.

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