Pherecratius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Phĕrecrătĭus, a, um, adj.,

of or belonging to the Grecian poet Pherecrates , Pherecratian : metrum dactylicum trimetrum Pherecratium constat ex spondeo, et dactylo, et spondeo, sive trocheo, ut est apud Horatium, grato, Pyrrha, sub antro, Mall. Theod. Metr. 4 (cf. Hor. C. 1, 5, 3); Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm.