τρίμετρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ον, of verses, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[consisting of three]] <b class="b3">μέτρα;</b> i. e. in iambics, trochaics, and anapaestics, of three [[συζυγίαι]] (of two feet each); but in dactylics, etc., of three single feet: hence the iambic verse of six feet is called by the Greeks <b class="b3">ἴαμβος τρίμετρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.12</span>; so <b class="b3">τόνος τ</b>. [[trimeter]] verse, ib.<span class="bibl">174</span>; ἔπη τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>810e</span>; <b class="b3">τρίμετρον, τό,</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>642</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1447b11</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τρίμετρος, ὁ,</b> a measure of capacity for oil, <span class="title">IG</span>14.422 iii 44 (Tauromenium).</span>