iambus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin iambus (“a certain poetic meter”), from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).
Noun edit
iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
References edit
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Iambus”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 3.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbus]
Noun edit
iambus m (genitive iambī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- Catalan: iambe
- → English: iambus
- French: ïambe
- → English: iamb
- Galician: iambo
- → German: Jambus
- Italian: giambo
- Portuguese: iambo
- Spanish: yambo
References edit
- “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