iambus
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”).
Noun
iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)
Derived terms
Translations
poetry an iamb
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”).
Alternative forms
- jambus (rare)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbus]
Noun
iambus m (genitive iambī); second declension
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
- French: ïambe
- → English: iamb
- 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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