endecasillabo
Meaning
A line of verse, containing from ten to sixteen syllables, in which the stress falls on the tenth syllable (in classical Italian verse)
Concepts
Translations
Hyphenated as
en‧de‧ca‧sìl‧la‧bo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/en.de.kaˈsil.la.bo/
Etymology
From Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβος (hendekăsúllăbos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
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