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/me"trist, mee"trist/, n.a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.[1525-35; < ML metrista. See METER2, -IST]
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Metrist — Me trist, n. A maker of verses. Bale. [1913 Webster] Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metrist — [me′trist, mē′trist] n. [ML metrista] a person skilled in metrics … English World dictionary
metrist — noun Date: 1535 1. a maker of verses 2. one skillful in handling meter 3. a student of meter or metrics … New Collegiate Dictionary
metrist — met•rist [[t]ˈmɛ trɪst, ˈmi trɪst[/t]] n. pro a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters • Etymology: 1525–35; < ML … From formal English to slang
metrist — /ˈmɛtrəst/ (say metruhst) noun someone knowledgeable about the use of poetic metres. Also, metrician /mɛˈtrɪʃən/ (say me trishuhn). {Medieval Latin metrista, from Latin metrum metre2} …
metrist — ˈme.trə̇st, ˈmē. noun ( s) Etymology: Medieval Latin metrista, from Latin metrum meter + ista ist more at meter 1. : a maker of verses 2. : one skillful in handling meter 3 … Useful english dictionary
Heliodorus (metrist) — Heliodorus was a metrist in the 1st century AD who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes. He was the principal authority used by Juba of Mauretania … Wikipedia
Hephaestion — ▪ Greek metrist flourished 2nd century AD, Alexandria Greek metrist, author of a work on metre in 48 books, which was reduced, by successive abridgments, to form a manual (Greek encheiridion). The manual became a popular school book, and it … Universalium
Heliodorus — Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which is *Heliodorus of Emesa, author of the novel Aethiopica .*Heliodorus a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC *Heliodorus a Greek ambassador who… … Wikipedia
Juba of Mauretania — Juba of Mauritania was a metrist who lived in Mauretania in the 2nd century. He wrote a now lost treatise on metric, based on Heliodorus and used by later grammarians … Wikipedia
