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iambus

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i·am·bus  (-mbs)
n.
Variant of iamb.
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Noun1.iambus - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm


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In one of the Anacreontic lyrics (which were made available to French poets of Labe's generation in Henri Estienne's edition of 1554) we find allusions to a disobedient lyre that plays only of love, although the speaker would like to produce epic verse (Elegy and Iambus with the Anacreontea, 2:51).
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Ius fecit yenale, ferox hunc egit Iambus / ad laqueum.
 
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