elegiacal distich

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• elegiac — /el i juy euhk, ak, i lee jee ak /, adj. Also, elegiacal. 1. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. 2. expressing sorrow or lamentation: elegiac strains. 3. Class. Pros. noting a distich the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and …   Universalium

• elegiac — /ɛləˈdʒaɪək/ (say eluh juyuhk) adjective Also, elegiacal. 1. Classical Prosody denoting a distich the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or… …