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far from the title of this topic being the name of some obscure body ointment, i came across the word abolefacio today. i accordingly noted that the present active infinitive forms a run of six syllables that would all be scanned as short ab-o-le-fa-ce-re - thus what would surely be called a hectabrach.
does anyone know, or can anyone think of, a heptabrach or more?

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For the incredibly dense among us ------> ME! <------, what is a hectabrach/heptabrach? Nothing on Google.

7 branches?

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I am unsurprised that the word is not found on google, being a neologism of my own. it is formed from analogy of the term for three shorts - tribrach - (literally 'three short' in Grk). Four shorts, however, are termed proceleusmatic rather than tetrabrach, but nevermind.

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whiteoctave wrote:I am unsurprised that the word is not found on google, being a neologism of my own. it is formed from analogy of the term for three shorts - tribrach - (literally 'three short' in Grk). Four shorts, however, are termed proceleusmatic rather than tetrabrach, but nevermind.

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:shock: That explains that!

Now how do we get Google to recognize it, and shower you with honour and glory? :lol:

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Just link to this post with link text including 'hectabrach' from a currently google-indexed site. (I think)

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Titus Marius Crispus wrote:Just link to this post with link text including 'hectabrach' from a currently google-indexed site. (I think)
Anybody with a web page?


PS. San Antonio is beautiful, been there a few times. Next door neighbor is moving about 30 miles from you this week. I need to visit SA, the Riverwalk, and enjoy some authentic Tex-Mex cuisine.

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Google will pick it up on its own, since textkit is regularly indexed anyway. :)
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klewlis wrote:Google will pick it up on its own, since textkit is regularly indexed anyway. :)
Hear that? You're going to be famous! :wink:

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