Definition of partheniac:
(adj) :
(obsolete, Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
(n) :
(Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter
(adj) :
anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac
(adj) :
anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic
(adj) :
anapestic tetrameter catalectic
(adj) :
(Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) Alternative form of partheniac. [(obsolete, Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter]