ănăpaestus, a, um, adj., = ἀνάπαιστος (struck back).
I Pes, the metrical foot , anapaest : ⏑ ⏑ – (i. e. a reversed dactyl), Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; id. de Or. 3, 47; also absol. without pes, id. Or. 56.—
II ănă-paestum , i, n. (sc. carmen), a poem in anapaests , Cic. Tusc. 3, 24, 57; id. Or. 56; Gell. praef. 20.