cretic

British  

/ ˈkriːtɪk /

noun

1. Also called: amphimacer.  prosody a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long ( ) Compare amphibrach

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Etymology

Origin of cretic

C16: from Latin crēticus consisting of the amphimacer, literally: Cretan, from Greek krētikos, from Krētē _Crete

Example Sentences

Cicero preferred the cretic – ∪ – which he says is the metrical equivalent of the paean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Above that would come trochaic verse, and we should rise to higher planes of exaltation as we read the anapæstic, or cretic, or bacchiac.

From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost

On the other hand, cretic and trochaic metres, from their affinity to the old Saturnian, came most easily to the early dramatists, and are largely employed by Plautus to express lively emotion.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

They are likewise of opinion, that it is equally proper at the end; where, in my opinion, the cretic deserves the preference.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

They were sung to a musical accompaniment, and were composed chiefly in bacchiac, anapaestic, or cretic metres, rapidly interchanging with trochaic lines.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.