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hephthemimer (iou)



hephthemimer noun. . E18.
[Late Latin hephthemimeres (-is) from Greek hephthemimeres containing seven halves, from hepta seven + hemi- half + meros part, -meres -partite.]
Classical Prosody. A group of seven half-feet; the part of a hexameter line preceding the caesura when this occurs in the middle of the fourth foot.
hepthemimeral adjective L19.