Latin definition for: catalexis, catalexis

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. loss of a syllable in a final metrical foot
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Poetic
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)

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