- pariambus
- părĭambus, i, m., = pariambos.I.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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.