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iambo

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. sg.
    dat. sg.

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • G

    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..."
  • Q

    Ars Poetica

    Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)

    "...iudice lis est. Archilochum proprio rabies armauit iambo; hunc socci cepere pedem grandesque coturni, alternis aptum sermonibus..."

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