iambum
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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...longis duabus, pyrrhichium, quem alii pariambum vocant, brevibus, iambum brevi longaque, huic contrarium e longa et brevi choreum..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...natura brevis, tamen positione longa est, ne faciat iambum, quem non recipit versus herous. XXIX. Separata vero haec..."
