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iambis

Dictionary entries

  • 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);

    Entry →
    abl. pl.
    dat. pl.
    loc. pl.

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • G

    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..."

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