amoebaeum

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “alternate”).

Noun edit

amoebaeum (plural amoebaea)

(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
The third eclogue of Virgil is an amoebaeum.

Translations edit

poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately

Portuguese: amebeu m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “amoebaeum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin edit

Adjective edit

amoebaeum

inflection of amoebaeus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular