catalectic

名词 catalectic:

1. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

形容词 catalectic:

1. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

cat.a.lec.tic

adj.（形容词）
Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot. Used of verse.
最后音步缺少一个音节的：缺少一个或多个音节的，尤指在最后一个音步中。用于诗歌中

来源：
Late Latin catalôcticus
后期拉丁语 catalôcticus
from Greek katalôktikos
源自 希腊语 katalôktikos
from katalôgein [to leave off]
源自 katalôgein [使停止]
kata- [intensive pref.] * see cata-
kata- [强调性前缀] *参见 cata-
lôgein [to cease, terminate] * see slôg-
lôgein [停止，终结] *参见 slôg-