iambis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →iambus, iambi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
iambus, metrical foot (one short-one long); iambic trimeter (as invective);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...syllabis brevibus, temporibus tamen satis plenI. Aspera contra iambis maxime concitantur, non solum quod sunt e duabus modo..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...tibi et Sufficio seni recocto... irascere iterum meis iambis inmerentibus, unice imperator. LV. ad Camerium Oramus, si forte..."
