antibacchius

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Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

antĭbacchīus: i, adj., = ἀντιβακχεῖ ος.
I Pes, a poetical foot, the antibacchus or reversed Bacchius, ˘¯¯ (e. g. nĕpō tēs), Ter. Maur. p. 2414 P. (acc. to other ¯¯˘).—
II Versus, a verse composed of this foot, Diom. p. 513 P.; called palimbac chius by Quint. 9, 4, 82; Isid. Orig. 1, 16, p. 30 Lind.