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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably of Pre-Greek substrate (Illyrian/Phrygian) origin;[1][2][3] the OED suggests a derivation from ἰάπτω (iáptō, “to assail, attack verbally”), literally "send forth", cognate with ἵημι (híēmi, “I throw, hurl”), as iambic verse was first used by satirists,[4] but this could just be folk etymology. Compare also similar words, like διθύραμβος (dithúrambos), θρίαμβος (thríambos) and ἴθυμβος (íthumbos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /í.am.bos/ → /ˈi.am.bos/ → /ˈi.am.bos/
Noun
ῐ̓́ᾰμβος • (íambos) m (genitive ῐ̓ᾰ́μβου); second declension
- iamb, a metrical foot
- iambic verse or poem
- (mostly in plural) lampoon
- kind of extempore play got up by buffoons
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Latin: iambus (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ “iamb”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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