choliambus

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ἀλλ' ἐσθ' ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → but death is the ultimate healer of ills

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chōlĭambus: i, m., = χωλίαμβος> (the limping iambus),
I iambic verse, whose last foot, instead of an iambus, is a spondee or trochee, Diom. p. 503 P.