hexameter

• n. 六步格的诗；六步格
• adj. 六步格的

hexa-,六，meter,音步。

hexameter (adj.)

1540s, from Latin hexameter, from Greek hexametros, from hex "six" (see hexa-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). As a noun from 1570s. Related: Hexametric.