tetrasemic

adjective

tet·​ra·​se·​mic

variants or tetraseme

ˈ⸗⸗ˌsēm

: consisting of or of the length of four morae in classical prosody

Word History

Etymology

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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