pyrrhic
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Epir kralı Pyrrhus'a ait. (Pyrrhic victory: büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı. ).
Tanımlar :
1.
A metrical foot having two short or unaccented syllables.
2. of or characterized by pyrrhics.
2. of or characterized by pyrrhics.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
of or characterized by pyrrhics.
2. relating to pyrrhus, a macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting rome.
3. an ancient greek war dance.
4. A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
2. relating to pyrrhus, a macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting rome.
3. an ancient greek war dance.
4. A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
of or pertaining to an ancient greek martial dance.
2. of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic.
3. an ancient greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
4. A foot consisting of two short syllables.
2. of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic.
3. an ancient greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
4. A foot consisting of two short syllables.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
an ancient grecian warlike dance, in quick and light measure, accompanied by the flute.
2. of or pertaining to the greek martial dance called a pyrrhic.
3. in prosody, consisting of two short times or syllables: as, a pyrrhic foot; composed of or pertaining to feet so constituted: as, pyrrhic verse; pyrrhic rhythm.
4. in ancient prosody, a foot consisting of two short times or syllables. ;
5. pertaining to pyrrhus, especially to pyrrhus, king of epirus (see phrase below).
2. of or pertaining to the greek martial dance called a pyrrhic.
3. in prosody, consisting of two short times or syllables: as, a pyrrhic foot; composed of or pertaining to feet so constituted: as, pyrrhic verse; pyrrhic rhythm.
4. in ancient prosody, a foot consisting of two short times or syllables. ;
5. pertaining to pyrrhus, especially to pyrrhus, king of epirus (see phrase below).
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
2. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
3. of or relating to a war dance of ancient greece
4. of or relating to or resembling pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the romans)
5. an ancient greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
2. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
3. of or relating to a war dance of ancient greece
4. of or relating to or resembling pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the romans)
5. an ancient greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
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