antispastus

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

antispastus, i, m., = ἀντίσπαστος (reversed), in metre (sc. pes),

an antispast , a foot in verse , ⏑ – – ⏑, i. e. the choriambus reversed, e. g. Mĕdūllīnă, Diom. p. 478 P.; hence: antispasticum metrum, verse consisting of antispasts , id. p. 505 P.