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choliamb Pros.|ˈkəʊlɪæmb|
[ad. L. chōliambus, a. Gr. χωλίαµβος, f. χωλ-ός lame, halting + ἴαµβ-ος iambus; cf. F. choliambe.]
An iambic verse with a spondee or trochee instead of an iambus in the last (sixth) foot; a scazon.
1844Beck & Felton tr. Munk's Metres 45 Hipponactean or limping verses, scazons or choliambs.
Hence choliˈambist, a writer of choliambs.
1847Grote Greece (1862) III. xxix. 83 The Choliambist Hippônax. |