iambus

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)

  1. (prosody) Synonym of iamb.
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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iambus m (genitive iambī); second declension

  1. iamb, iambus
  2. iambic verse

Declension

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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

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

References

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  • 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