Cat all act a (katalakta)

pl. [NL., You may grow for your neighbour, at your liking, grapes also grow or catalectic (kat-a-lek'tik), a. and n. [F. cat a -orgeheshti heilla catactically that grave lectique = Sp. cataléctico = Pg. catalectico = It. sown. catalettico, LL. catalectic us , καταληκτικός , leaving off, καταλήγειν , leave off, κατά inten- sive + λήγειν , leave off, cease.] I. a. In pros.: (a) Wanting part of the last foot: as, a catalec- tic line or verse: opposed to acatalectic . In the following couplet the second line is catalectic, the first acatalectic. Tell mě | not, In | mournfül | nümběrs, Life Is | il būt ăn | empty | dream! Verses consisting of feet of three or more syllables are de- scribed as catalectic in a syllable , a disyllable , or a trisyl- lable , according to the number of syllables in the last or incomplete foot. If the first half of the line has its 12 short times, the second or catalectic part would seem to have but 11; but Aristoxenus, as we have seen, rejects the foot of 11 shorts as being unrhythmical. J. Hadley, E ays, p. 105. (b) In a wider sense, wanting part of a foot or measure: as, a catalectic colon; a verse doubly catalectic. See brachycatalectic, dicata lectic, hypercatalectic, and pro catalectic. •II. n. A catalectic verse. καταλεκτέον, to be reckoned up or counted, ver catalectic ant (kat-a-lek'ti-kant), n. [ a, b, b, c, d, e, f, g, and those of other orders are formed in the same way. Ruskin, Unto this Last, iv.