Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰαμβεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰαμβεῖος ἰαμβεῖον

Structure: ἰαμβει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)/ambos

Sense

  1. iambic
  2. an iambic verse
  3. iambic metre

Examples

  • Σαπαίων δὲ τούτων καὶ Ἀρχίλοχοσ ἐν ἰαμβείῳ μνήμην ἔσχε. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 138)
  • νῦν δ’ ἐν ἰαμβείῳ κείσεται οὐκ ἀμέτρωσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , other32)

Synonyms

  1. iambic

  2. an iambic verse

  3. iambic metre

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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