heptaseme

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́σημος (heptásēmos, “of seven marks”) compare semeion.

Noun

heptaseme (plural heptasemes)

1. (ancient prosody, rare) a unit of seven morae or units of time.

Hyponyms

• Adonic
• epitrite
• thymelic

Coordinate terms

• monoseme
• triseme

Derived terms

• heptasemic

Translations

a line of poetry containing seven morae or units of time

Anagrams

• sheepmeat