iambus

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iambus (“a certain poetic meter”), from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

Noun

iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)

  1. (prosody) Synonym of iamb.

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References

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iambus m (genitive iambī); second declension

  1. iamb, iambus
  2. iambic verse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iambus iambī
Genitive iambī iambōrum
Dative iambō iambīs
Accusative iambum iambōs
Ablative iambō iambīs
Vocative iambe iambī

Descendants

  • Catalan: iambe
  • → English: iambus
  • French: ïambe
  • Galician: iambo
  • → German: Jambus
  • Italian: giambo
  • Portuguese: iambo
  • Spanish: yambo

References

  • “iambus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “iambus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iambus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “iambus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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