cretic


cre·tic

C0743400 (krē′tĭk)n. See amphimacer.
[Latin Crēticus, of Crete, Cretic foot, from Crēta, Crete.]

cretic

(ˈkriːtɪk) n (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (¯˘¯). Also called: amphimacer Compare amphibrach[C16: from Latin crēticus consisting of the amphimacer, literally: Cretan, from Greek krētikos, from Krētē Crete]