Χωλίαμβος

choliamb, choliambic

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Jan 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

4 words

A kind of verse.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χωλίαμβος· εἶδος στίχου.

Betacode

*xwli/ambos: ei)=dos sti/xou.

cf. ps.-Herodian 152.
"Limping iambics": iambic trimeter with the next-to-last syllable long instead of short. Used in satirical or comic poems, notably by Hipponax (iota 588) and Babrius (beta 7). See LSJ at web address 1 below.