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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ου (τὸ)<\/b> <i>s.-e<\/i>. μέτρον, mètre élégiaque, <i>càd. :<\/i><br\/><b>   I<\/b> <i>propr<\/i>. le pentamètre, PLUT. <i>M. 1141<\/i> a ; HÉPH. <i>15, 16 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. suite :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> distique, formé d’un hexamètre et d’un pentamètre ; <i>particul. au sg<\/i>. distique, THC. <i>1, 132 ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>Poet. 1, 9 ; ou<\/i> pièce entière en distiques, DH. <i>1, 49 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>Them. 8 ; au plur<\/i>. distique, DÉM. <i>1378, 13, ou<\/i> pièce en distiques, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 368<\/i> a ; ARSTT. <i>Rhet. 1, 15, 13 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>p. ext<\/i>. épitaphe en distiques, LYCURG. <i>168, 10, d’où<\/i> inscription poétique, <i>en gén., même en hexamètres,<\/i> Ps.-HDT. <i>V. Hom. 36 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>postér<\/i>. chant de deuil, élégie, PAUS. <i>10, 7, 5 ;<\/i> LUC. <i>Tim. 46<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἔλεγος.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "τό, eigentl. adj., sc. μέτρον od. ähnl.,<br\/><b>a)<\/b> <i>Pentameter ; Critia<\/i>. frg. 3 ; Plut. <i>music<\/i>. 28 ; Choerobosc. in <i>B.A<\/i>. 1383 u. a. Gramm. Nach Draco p. 161 τὸ ἐλεγεῖον σύγκειται ἐκ δύο δακτυλικῶν πενθημιμερῶν ; vgl. Hephaest. p. 92.<br\/><b>b)<\/b> <i>Distichon<\/i> ; im sing., Thuc. 1.132 Plat. <i>Hipparch<\/i>. 228d ; gew. im plur., mehrere zu einem Ganzen verbundene Distichen (nach Hephaest. ἑξαμέτρου πρὸς πεντάμετρον κοινωνία), <i>Rep<\/i>. II.368a u. Folgde ; der plur. von einem Distichon, Dem. 59.98. Den sing. brauchen Strab., Dion.Hal. 1.49, DS. 11.14, Plut. <i>Themist<\/i>. 8 u. a.Sp. für mehrere Distichen. Erst bei Sp. = <i>Klagelied<\/i>, Paus. 10.7.6 Luc. <i>Tim<\/i>. 46.<br\/><b>c)<\/b> weil das Distichon das gewöhnliche Metrum zu Inschriften, bes. auf Grabmälern war, Lycurg. 142, übh. = <i>poetische Inschrift<\/i>, auch in Hexametern, Sp., wie Herod. <i>vit.Hom<\/i>. 36."
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