Usually means: Middle pause in a hexameter line.
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  1. penthemimer: Merriam-Webster
  2. penthemimer: Collins English Dictionary
  3. penthemimer: Wiktionary

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noun:  (prosody) A metrical unit equal to half of a pentameter

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