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Etymology

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

Noun

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amoebaeum (plural amoebaea)

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

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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Adjective

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amoebaeum

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