τετράμετρος: Difference between revisions

|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. <b class="b3">τρίμετρος</b>. </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>