iambus

== English == === Alternative forms === jambus === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ïambus (“a certain poetic meter”), from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). === Noun === iambus (plural iambuses or iambi) (prosody) Synonym of iamb. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== diiambus ==== Translations ==== === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Iambus”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 3. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iˈam.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈam.bus] === Noun === ïambus m (genitive ïambī); second declension iamb, iambus iambic verse ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: iambe → English: iambus 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