A.iambus, the metrical foot ^ _, Pl.R.400b, etc.; “ὁ ἴ. αὐτὴ . . ἡ λέξις ἡ τῶν πολλῶν” Arist.Rh.1408b33; δάκτυλος ὁ κατὰ ἴαμβον, = ^ _ ^ _, Anon.Rhythm.Oxy.2.3, Aristid.Quint.1.17.
II. iambic verse, Archil.22 (pl.) Pl.Ion534c, etc.; “ἴαμβος τρίμετρος” Hdt. 1.12; “ἴ. Ἱππώνακτος” Ar.Ra.661, cf. Arist.Rh.1418b29, Po.1448b33.
III. iambic poem, such as those of Callimachus, Str.8.3.30; esp. lampoon, mostly in pl., Pl.Lg.935e, Arist.Pol.1336b20; “ἐφ᾽ ὑβριστῆρας ἰάμβους” AP7.352 (Mel.(?)): also in Prose, οἱ καταλογάδην ἴ. Ath.10.445b.
b. of the persons lampooned, Luc.Pseudol. 2.
2. a kind of extempore play got up by αὐτοκάβδαλοι, who themselves had the same name, Semus 20. (For the termination perh. cf. διθύραμβος, θρίαμβος.)