iambo
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. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...relata sescuplum faciant) aut duplex, ut iambos (nam est ex brevi et longa) quique est ei contrarius. XLVIII..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...vovit, si sibi restitutus essem desissemque truces vibrare iambos, electissima pessimi poetae scripta tardipedi deo daturam infelicibus ustulanda..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...iudice lis est. Archilochum proprio rabies armauit iambo; hunc socci cepere pedem grandesque coturni, alternis aptum sermonibus..."
