hendecasyllabi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβοι (hendekasúllaboi).

Noun

hendecasyllabī m pl (genitive hendecasyllabōrum); second declension

  1. verses of eleven syllables.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative hendecasyllabī
genitive hendecasyllabōrum
dative hendecasyllabīs
accusative hendecasyllabōs
ablative hendecasyllabīs
vocative hendecasyllabī

Descendants

  • English: hendecasyllable

References

  • hendecasyllabi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hendecasyllabi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hendecasyllabi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.