choliambus
From LSJ
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους → yes, the man is now inside, his face and hands that have slaughtered with the sword dripping with sweat
Latin > English
choliambus choliambi N M :: limping iambus; (iambic verse whose last foot not iambus but spondee/trochee)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chōlĭambus, ī, m. (χωλίαμβος), choliambe ou scazon, vers ïambique terminé par un spondée : Diom. 504, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
chōliambus, ī, m. (χωλίαμβος), der hinkende Iambus, Choliambus (auch scazon, σκάζων, gen.), ein vollständiger Trimeter, der aber statt des letzten Iambus einen Spondeus od. Trochäus hat, Diom. 504, 9.
