Definition of Cretic. Meaning of Cretic. Synonyms of Cretic

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Definition of Cretic

Cretic
Cretic Cre"tic (kr[=e]"t[i^]k), n. [L. Creticus (sc. pes foot), Gr. Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- [crescent] -). --Bentley.

Meaning of Cretic from wikipedia

- A cretic (/ˈkriːtɪk/; also Cretic, amphimacer /æmˈfɪməsər/ and sometimes paeon diagyios) is a metrical foot containing three syllables: long, short, long...
- SS Cretic was an ocean liner built in 1902. She was operated by several shipping lines, all of which were part of the IMM Co., under several names in her...
- amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – – ◡ antibacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – – molossus See main article for tetrasyllables. v t e...
- a large range of po****r clausulae. One of the most common rhythms was cretic + trochee (– u – – x), for example vīta trānscurrit or illa tempestās, and...
- Cedric (1903) Victorian (1903) Armenian (1903) Arabic (1903) Romanic (1903) Cretic (1903) Republic (1903) Canopic (1904) Cufic (1904) Baltic (1904) Tropic...
- three fellow former Dominion liners were renamed Romanic, Canopic, and Cretic, respectively. In the early morning of 23 January 1909, while sailing from...
- anapaestic, bacchiac, and cretic). In Terence, 75% of the lines are iambic, 24% trochaic, and only 1% in other metres (bacchiac and cretic). In Plautus, 37% of...
- renamed and put into service under White Star, named Canopic, Romanic, Cretic and Republic, the latter of which is best known for its 1909 sinking off...
- amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – – ◡ antibacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – – molossus See main article for tetrasyllables. v t e...
- adverbs ending in -en/-an have penultimate accent unless they end in a cretic (– u x) rhythm, thus following the Sezer rule (see below): iktisa:den ('economically')...