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pariambus

părĭambus, i, m., = παρίαμβος.
  • A metrical foot consisting of a short and two long syllables (⏑ – –), Diom. p. 475 P.—
  • II A metrical foot consisting of a long and four short syllables (– ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑), Diom. p. 478 P.—
  • III A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables, commonly called a pyrrhichius, Diom. p. 471 P.; cf. Mar. Vict. p. 2486 ib.; Quint. 9, 4, 80.

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