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ĭambus , i, m., = ἴαμβος,
I.an iambic foot, an iambus.
I. Lit., Hor. A. P. 251; Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; id. Or. 57, 192; Quint. 9, 4, 47; 48; 80; Diom. p. 473 P. et saep.—
II. Transf., an iambic poem, iambic poetry: “quem Hipponactis iambus laeserat aut qui erat Archilochi versu vulneratus,” Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; so in sing., Hor. A. P. 79; Quint. 10, 1, 96.—In plur., Hor. C. 1, 16, 3; 24; id. Ep. 1, 19, 23; 2, 2, 59; Quint. 10, 1, 9; 59.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 251
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 79
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.47
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.38
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.47
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.48
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.80
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.96
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.59
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.9
    • Cicero, Orator, 57.192
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