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Origin of dactylic
1580–90; < Latin dactylicus < Greek daktylikós. See dactyl, -ic
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Dactylic verse, two-stress, 30; three-stress, 37; four-stress, 40; five-stress, 42; six-stress, 44; seven-stress, 46; eight-stress, 48.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
If this is done there will be in common English verse only two possible feet—the so-called accentual Trochee and Dactyl, and correspondingly only two possible uniform rhythms, the so-called Trochaic and Dactylic.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour
The different kinds of verses are named Trochaic, Iambic, Dactylic, Anapaestic, according to the foot which forms the basis of their structure.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
They have the following values: Dactylic, 10.25; amphibrachic, 12.84; anapæstic, 12.45.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
The Dactylic Pentameter consists of two parts, each of which contains two dactyls, followed by a long syllable.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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