partheniac

== English == === Alternative forms === Partheniac === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) +‎ -ac. === Adjective === partheniac (not comparable) (obsolete, Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic anapestic tetrameter catalectic ==== Usage notes ==== Authors seem to disagree about what this term designates. === Noun === partheniac (plural partheniacs) (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter === References === === Anagrams === parthenaic