How do you pronounce logaoedic?

The recorded pronunciation is /lɒɡəˈiːdɪk/.

logaoedic

/lɒɡəˈiːdɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lo-gaoedic
IPA: /lɒɡəˈiːdɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Of any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees.

noun

Any logaoedic verse.

Example Sentences

"Hence this metre was frequently used by the Æolians, and their strophes were principally formed by connecting logaœdic rhythms with trochees, iambi, and Æolic dactyls."
"The Glyconeus, which has a logaœdic order."
"Anapæstic Logaœdics are identical in their rhythm with…Logaœdic Dactyls."
"The essential difference between choreic and logaoedic rhythm is that of ictus."
"Chorees and logaoedics can be extended to Series of six measures."

Etymology

From Latin logaoedicus, from Ancient Greek λογᾰοιδῐκός (logăoidĭkós), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, prose”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: λόγος
Root: logaoedicus, λογᾰοιδῐκός
Suffix: ἀοιδή

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /lɒɡəˈiːdɪk/

Inflected Forms

logaedic (alternative) logaœdic (alternative) logaoedics (plural)