iambus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Prosody
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Poetry
- la:Prosody