Hexameter

hek-sam′et-ėr, n. a verse of six measures or feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl (sometimes a spondee), the sixth a spondee or trochee.— adj. having six metrical feet.— adjs. Hexamet′ric , -al .— n. Hexam′etrist , a writer of hexameters. [L.,—Gr. hex , six, metron , a measure.]