hypercatalectus

Latin > English

hypercatalectus hypercatalecti N M :: faulty verse; verse ending in syllable; verse with one extra foot

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hypercătălectus: or hypercă-tălectĭcus, versus = ὑπερκατάληκτος or ὑπερκαταληκτικός, in prosody,
I a verse that has at the end a syllable or a foot too much, hypercatalectic, Serv. p. 1817 P.; Prisc. p. 1216 ib.

Latin > German (Georges)

hypercatalēctus, a, um (ὑπερκατάληκτος), hyperkatalektisch, d.i. mit einer od. mehreren überzähligen Silben am Ausgange, Diom. 502, 7. Prisc. part. XII vers. Aen. 1, 4. p. 460, 5 K. Serv. de cent. metr. 457, 14 K. Serv. Verg. Aen. 3, 128.