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|Full diacritics=τετρᾰμετρος
|Medium diacritics=τετράμετρος
|Low diacritics=τετράμετρος
|Capitals=ΤΕΤΡΑΜΕΤΡΟΣ
|Transliteration A=tetrámetros
|Transliteration B=tetrametros
|Transliteration C=tetrametros
|Beta Code=tetra/metros
|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">consisting of four metres</b>, i.e., in iambic and trochaic verse, <b class="b2">consisting of four double feet</b> or <b class="b2">syzygies</b>: <b class="b3">τὸ τετράμετρον</b> is generally <b class="b2">the trochaic tetrameter</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>642</span>,<span class="bibl">645</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>6.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1404a31</span>, <span class="bibl">1409a1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1459b37</span>: also <b class="b2">the anapaestic tetrameter</b>, called <b class="b3">τὸ Ἀριστοφάνειον</b> (as in <span class="title">Nu.</span>957 sq.), <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>; cf. [[τρίμετρος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">γωνίαι τ</b>. <b class="b2">square</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">right</b>, angles, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span> (dub. l.).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1098.png Seite 1098]] vier Maaße haltend; γωνίαι, Ath. V, 199 c, scheint »viereckig« zu bedeuten; – in der Metrik = aus vier Maaßen bestehend, ein trochäischer, jambischer u. anapästischer Rhythmus aus vier Dipodien bestehend, in dactylischen u. andern Versen aus vier einfachen Versfüßen bestehend, Gramm.; – τὸ τετράμετρον, Ar. Nubb. 632; Xen. Conv. 6, 3.
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