II. struck back, rebounding:—as Subst., anapaest (i. e. a dactyl reversed), D.H.Comp. 25, Heph.8, etc.; “ἀ. ἀπὸ μείζους” dactyl, Aristid.Quint.1.15.
2. anapaestic verse, Arist.Po.1452b23, D.H.1.25, etc.: in pl., of the Comic parabasis, Ar.Eq.504, Pax735, al.; “ἀνάπαιστοι σύμπτυκτοι” Pherecr.79, cf. Sch.metr.Pi.O.4.1; ἀνάπαιστόν τι something in anapaestic metre, Aeschin.1.158: ἀνάπαιστα, τά, anapaestic verses, Alciphr. 3.43; esp. of ribald or satirical songs, D.C.66.8, Plu.Per. 33.