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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)
- (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
- iamb, iambus
- 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)
- (poetry) A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee
Related terms
- antispastic
Translations
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