amoebaeus

amoebaeus
ămoebaeus, a, um, adj., = amoibaios. alternate (pure Lat. alternus); hence, amoebaeum carmen = aisma amoibaion, a responsive song, Fest.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 28, 59, 66 al.—Hence in metre, pes amoebaeus:

ex duabus longis et totidem brevibus et longā,

Diom. p. 478 P. (e. g. īncrēdĭbĭlēs; opp. antamoebaeus, q. v.).

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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