iambicus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

Noun

iambicus m (genitive iambicī); second declension

  1. writer of iambic verse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iambicus iambicī
genitive iambicī iambicōrum
dative iambicō iambicīs
accusative iambicum iambicōs
ablative iambicō iambicīs
vocative iambice iambicī

References

  • “iambicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iambicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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