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iambus

English

Alternative forms

  • jambus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iambus (a certain poetic meter), from Ancient Greek ?????? (íambos).

Noun

iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)

  1. (poetry) iamb

Related terms

  • diiambus

Translations

References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Iambus”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 3, column 3.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (íambos, a poetic meter).

Alternative forms

  • jambus

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /i?am.bus/, [i?ämb?s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i?am.bus/, [i??mbus]

Noun

iambus m (genitive iamb?); second declension

  1. iamb, iambus
  2. iambic verse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Catalan: iambe
  • ? English: iambus
  • French: ïambe
    • ? English: iamb
  • Galician: iambo
  • ? German: Jambus
  • Italian: giambo
  • Portuguese: iambo
  • Spanish: yambo

References

  • iambus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iambus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iambus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • iambus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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antispast

English

Noun

antispast (plural antispasts)

  1. (poetry) A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee

Related terms

  • antispastic

Translations

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