ictus

[ ik-tuhs ]

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noun

, plural ic·tus·es, ic·tus.

Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
Pathology.
1. an epileptic seizure.
2. a stroke, especially a cerebrovascular accident.

ictus

/ ˈɪktəs /

prosody metrical or rhythmic stress in verse feet, as contrasted with the stress accent on words
med a sudden attack or stroke

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Origin of ictus¹

1700–10; < Latin: stroke, thrust, equivalent to īc ( ere ) to strike with a weapon + -tus suffix of v. action

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Origin of ictus¹

C18: from Latin icere to strike

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The points which seem to mark the ictus, or rhythmical accent, are found on the first syllable of each of these two feet.

The metrical accent or ictus was marked in ancient notation by points placed over the accented syllable.

Havena I missed the chance to turn out as clarissimus an ictus, as auld Grunwiggin himself?

O, you mean juris-consultus—Ictus is an abbreviation for juris-consultus.

Latterly, the underlying metrical ictus is at times hard to detect.

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