Definition of tetrasemic
:consisting of or of the length of four morae in classical prosody
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tetrasemic
adjective
tet·ra·se·mic
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Origin and Etymology of tetrasemic
tetrasemic from Greek tetrasēmos of four time units (from tetra- + -sēmos, from sēmeion unit of time, mark, sign, from sēma sign) + English -ic; tetraseme from Greek tetrasēmos
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