- (n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
- (a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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