Meanings
plural sestiads
- One of six parts.
In the first impression of 1598, after the line which concludes the second sestiad, as divided by Chapman, “Dang'd downe to hell her loathsome carriage,” are added the words Desunt nonnulla.
1837, Francis Egerton, A Catalogue, Biographical and Critical: Of Early English Literature1 more example
I have insisted on the necessity of linking Marlowe's and Chapman's sestiads by reading Hero and Leander in its entirety, because doing so reveals to us more clearly and completely the work of each writer in the poem […]
1974, Judith H. Lightfoot, Hero and Leander and the 1590's, page 156
Origin
- Ancient GreekΣηστιάς
- Englishsestiad
From Ancient Greek Σηστιάς (Sēstiás), from Σηστός (Sēstós, “Sestus”).
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