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‖ iambus Pros.|aɪˈæmbəs|
[L., a. Gr. ἴαµβος iambus, iambic verse or poem, lampoon, f. ἰάπτειν to assail (in words); the iambic trimeter being first used, according to tradition, by the Greek satiric writers Archilochus and Hipponax.]
A metrical foot consisting of a short followed by a long syllable; in accentual verse, of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable.
The iambic rhythm, as being closest to that of ordinary speech, was employed in Greek and Latin as the common metre of dialogue; its earliest known use is as a vehicle of invective and satire. (Cf. etym. above.)
1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 69 A myxt foote of 2 sillables..of one short and one long called Iambus as ˘ –. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. [xiv.] (Arb.) 135 Of all your words bissillables the most part naturally do make the foote Iambus, many the Trocheus, fewer the Spondeus, fewest of all the Pirrichius. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1257 The intension of Iambus unto Pæan Epibatos. 1823J. B. Seale Anal. Grk. Metres 3 In the Iambus and Trochee, the Arsis (or Ictus) is invariable, being upon the long Syllable of each. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 374 The Alexandrine measure..consists of six Iambuses. ‘Fŏr thōu ărt būt ŏf dūst; bĕ hūmblĕ ānd bĕ wīse’. 1833Edin. Rev. LVI. 372 The Iambus, which in technical language is said to consist of anacrusis and arsis. |