părĭambus, i, m., = παρίαμβος.
I A metrical foot consisting of a short and two long syllables (⏑ – –), Diom. p. 475 P.—
II A metrical foot consisting of a long and four short syllables (– ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑), Diom. p. 478 P.—
III A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables , commonly called a pyrrhichius, Diom. p. 471 P.; cf. Mar. Vict. p. 2486 ib.; Quint. 9, 4, 80.