anapaestus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed; anapest”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.naˈpae̯s.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.naˈpɛs.tus] === Adjective === anapaestus (feminine anapaesta, neuter anapaestum); first/second-declension adjective anapestic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== anapaestum ==== Related terms ==== anapaesticus ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === anapaestus m (genitive anapaestī); second declension an anapestic meter; anapest ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “anapaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anapaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “anapaestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.