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Definition of Asclepiad

Asclepiad
Asclepiad As*cle"pi*ad, n. (Gr. & L. Pros.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

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- Look up Asclepiad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asclepiad may refer to: A plant of the former family Asclepiadaceae Asclepiad (poetry), a type of...
- The Asclepiad was a quarterly medical journal published and edited by the British physician and medical historian Benjamin Ward Richardson in 1861 and...
- lines, the asclepiad is built around a choriamb. The Asclepiad may be described as a glyconic that has been expanded with one (Lesser Asclepiad) or two (Greater...
- Asclepiad (Gr****: Ἀσκληπιάδης, pl.: Ἀσκληπιάδαι) was a title borne by many Ancient Gr**** medical doctors, notably Hippocrates of Kos. It is not clear...
- refer to "Asclepiad systems". Altogether the various asclepiad metres are used in 34 odes. 1st Asclepiad (a continuous series of lesser asclepiad lines used...
- leaves and pendant umbels of fragrant, white and purple flowers. It is an asclepiad in the periwinkle and milkweed family, Apocynaceae. The Cornish plant...
- Kellie, S. (2003). "The pollination ecology of an ****emblage of gr****land asclepiads in South Africa". Annals of Botany. 92 (6): 807–834. doi:10.1093/aob/mcg206...
- Hippocrates as "Hippocrates of Kos, the Asclepiad"; while in Phaedrus, Plato suggests that "Hippocrates the Asclepiad" thought that a complete knowledge of...
- Trochaic septenarius Hendecasyllable Choliamb Aeolic verse Choriamb Glyconic Asclepiad (poetry) Sapphic stanza Alcaic stanza Ionic metre Anacreontics Galliambic...
- u – u – The glyconic can also be expanded into the lesser and greater asclepiad lines: x x – u u – – u u – u – x x – u u – – u u – – u u – u – By expanding...