<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.</li><li>Any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Consisting of six metrical feet.</li></ul>