The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango.
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Hexameter
Synonyms for "hexameter" (29 found)
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Catalan
2 entries- hexàmetre noun (line in a poem)
- hexàmetre noun (poetic metre)
Dutch
2 entries- hexameter noun (line in a poem)
- zesvoetig vers noun (line in a poem)
Esperanto
1 entries- heksametro noun (line in a poem)
French
2 entries- hexamètre noun (poetic metre)
- hexasyllabe noun (line in a poem)
Galician
2 entries- hexámetro noun (line in a poem)
- hexámetro noun (poetic metre)
Hungarian
2 entries- hexameter noun (line in a poem)
- hexameter noun (poetic metre)
Italian
2 entries- esametro noun (line in a poem)
- esametro noun (poetic metre)
Latin
2 entries- hexameter noun (line in a poem)
- hexameter noun (poetic metre)
Polish
2 entries- heksametr noun (line in a poem)
- heksametr noun (poetic metre)
Romanian
2 entries- hexametru noun (line in a poem)
- hexametru noun (poetic metre)
Russian
2 entries- гекза́метр noun (line in a poem)
- гекза́метр noun (poetic metre)
Slovak
2 entries- hexameter noun (line in a poem)
- hexameter noun (poetic metre)
Spanish
2 entries- hexámetro noun (line in a poem)
- hexámetro noun (poetic metre)
Swedish
2 entries- hexameter noun (line in a poem)
- hexameter noun (poetic metre)
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