quantitative — adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitat , quantitas quantity Date: 1581 1. of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity 2. of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount 3. based on… … New Collegiate Dictionary
quantitative — quantitatively, quantitively, adv. quantitativeness, quantitiveness, n. /kwon ti tay tiv/, adj. 1. that is or may be estimated by quantity. 2. of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity. 3. of or pertaining to a metrical system,… … Universalium
quantitative — [ kwɒntɪtətɪv, ˌteɪtɪv] adjective 1》 relating to or measured by quantity. Often contrasted with qualitative. 2》 denoting or relating to verse whose metre is based on the length of syllables, as in Latin, as opposed to the stress, as in English.… … English new terms dictionary
Saturnian verse — ▪ poetry also called Saturnian metre the ancient Latin verse used mainly by Livius Andronicus (Livius Andronicus, Lucius) and Gnaeus Naevius (Naevius, Gnaeus) before the adoption of Greek verse forms by later Latin writers. Little is… … Universalium
Hendecasyllabic verse — The Hendecasyllabic verse is a quantitative metre used by Catullus. It has a rhythmic pattern that repeats with every eleven syllables, hence the name. The pattern is as follows (L = long syllable, s = short syllable, | = foot division)::L L | L… … Wikipedia
prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… … Universalium
Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… … Wikipedia
metre — /mee teuhr/, n., v., metred, metring. Brit. meter. * * * I Basic unit of length in the metric system and the International System of Units. In 1983 the General Conference on Weights and Measures decided that the accepted value for the speed of… … Universalium
arsis and thesis — ▪ prosody in prosody, respectively, the accented and unaccented parts of a poetic foot. Arsis, a term of Greek origin meaning “the act of raising or lifting” or “raising the foot in beating time,” refers in Greek, or quantitative… … Universalium
List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents… … Wikipedia
