catalectic

English

Etymology

From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατά (katá, “down, wholly”) + ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

Adjective

catalectic

1. (prosody) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
2. incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
   • 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:

     The process is not practised to any extent , but is a curious example of a catalectic action started by the impact of light

Derived terms

• catalecticant
• dicatalectic

 

Translations

of poetry

• German: katalektisch (de)
• Italian: cataletto
• Latin: catalecticus, catalectus, colobus or colobos
• Polish: katalektyczny

incomplete

Noun

catalectic (plural catalectics)

1. (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: kataleksa f

See also

• catalexis
• acatalectic
• brachycatalectic
• hypercatalectic
• hypercatalexis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catalectique.

Adjective

catalectic m or n (feminine singular catalectică, masculine plural catalectici, feminine and neuter plural catalectice)

1. catalectic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	catalectic		catalectică		catalectici	catalectice
	definite	catalecticul		catalectica		catalecticii	catalecticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	catalectic		catalectice		catalectici	catalectice
	definite	catalecticului		catalecticei		catalecticilor	catalecticelor