Iambus /(?)/

I·am·bus

Iambus

n.

pl. Iambi, Iambuses

  1. A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in ămāns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n. (Pros.)