iambus

English

Alternative forms

• jambus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iambus (“a certain poetic meter”), from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

Noun

iambus (plural iambuses or iambi)

1. (prosody) iamb

Related terms

• diiambus

Translations

poetry an iamb — see iamb

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• jambus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈam.bus/, [iˈämbus]

Noun

iambus m (genitive iambī); second declension

1. iamb, iambus
2. iambic verse

Declension

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

• 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