- Phalaeceus
- Phălaecus, i, m., = Phalaikos, an ancient Greek poet, from whom a kind of verse is named Phalaecium, Phalaecum, or Phaleucium carmen. This verse is hendecasyllabic, consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees (e. g. vidi credite [p. 1367] per lacus Lucrinos), Aus. Ep. 4, 85; Diom. p. 509 P.; Terentian. p. 2440 ib.; Mart. Cap. 5, § 517:II.
metrum Phalaecium, Mar. Victor. 2566 P.: carmen Phalaecum,
Sulp. Sat. 4. —A tyrant of Phocœa; whence Phă-laecēus, a, um, Phalœcean, of Phalœcus:nex,
Ov. Ib. 504.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.