LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

hexameter

hexameter m (genitive hexametrī)
Classical[hɛkˈsa.mɛ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzaː.me.ter]

Meaning

  1. masculinehexameter

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehexameterhexametrī
genitivehexametrīhexametrōrum
dativehexametrōhexametrīs
accusativehexametrumhexametrōs
ablativehexametrōhexametrīs
vocativehexameterhexametrī

hexămĕter (hexămetrus, Ter. Maur. p. 2430 P.), tri, m., = ἑξάμετρος (of six measures), with or without versus,
I. a verse consisting of six feet, a hexameter: versus, Lucil. ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 5, 87; so, metrum, Isid. 1, 38, 6: Antipater ille Sidonius solitus est versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris fundere ex tempore, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: hexametrorum instar versuum, id. Or. 66, 222: liber scriptus ab eo hexametris versibus, Suet. Aug. 85: in longis versibus qui hexametri dicuntur, Gell. 18, 15, 1 (cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68): initium hexametri, Quint. 9, 4, 78; cf. § 74: finis hexametri, id. 9, 4, 75; Ter. Maur. p. 2441: iambicus, whose sixth foot is an iambus, Diom. p. 516 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greek ἕξ(héx)
  4. Ancient Greek ἑξᾰ-(hexă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  6. Ancient Greek -τρον(-tron)
  7. Ancient Greek μέτρον(métron)
  8. Ancient Greek -ος(-os)
  9. Latinhexameter

Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros)bor. Latin hexameter Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros).

Quick answers

What does hexameter mean in Latin?
hexameter, a noun, means “hexameter”.
What is the genitive of hexameter?
The genitive singular is hexametrī. hexameter is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce hexameter?
In classical Latin, [hɛkˈsa.mɛ.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈzaː.me.ter].
Where does hexameter come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs → Proto-Hellenic *hwéks → Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) → Ancient Greek ἑξᾰ- (hexă-) → Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- → Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) → Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) → Ancient Greek -ος (-os) → Latin hexameter.