I.containing three metres or double-feet, trimeter: “versus,” Quint. 10, 1, 99.—As subst.: trĭmē^tros (-trus ), i, m., a trimeter, Quint. 9, 4, 90; 9, 4, 75; 9, 4, 108 al.; Hor. A. P. 252; Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.; Diom. p. 506 ib.—Also called trĭmĕ-ter , Serv. Verg. E. 8, 78.
trĭmĕtrŏs or -trus , tra, trum (postclass. collat. form trĭmĕtrĭus , a, um, Aus. Ep. 16, 78; Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15), adj., = τρίμετρος; in prosody,
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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