\Pen*tam"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? (see {Penta-})
+ ? measure.] (Gr. & L.Pros.)
A verse of five feet.
Note: The dactylic pentameter consists of two parts separated
      by a di[ae]resis. Each part consists of two dactyls and
      a long syllable. The spondee may take the place of the
      dactyl in the first part, but not in the second. The
      elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by
      the pentameter. --Harkness.

\Pen*tam"e*ter\, a.
Having five metrical feet.