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ιαμβίς

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek Monolingual

ἰαμβίς, -ίδος, ἡ (Α) ίαμβος
(αρχ. ελλ. μουσ.) όρος που χρησιμοποιείται από τον Ησύχ. αντί του παριαμβίς.