Iambus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. ·see the Couplet under Iambic, ·noun.

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iambus
ĭambus, i, m., = ἴαμβος, an iambic foot, an iambus. I Lit., Hor. A. P. 251; Cic. de Or. 3, 47, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
iambus
iambus ī, m , ἴαμβος, an iambic foot, iambus, H., C.—An iambic poem, iambic poetry: quem Hipponacti...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary