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chŏrĭambĭcus, v. choriambus.

† chŏrĭambus, i, m., = χορίαμβος, in verse, a foot composed of a choreus and an iambus, –⏑⏑—, Diom. p. 478 P.; Marc. Vict. p. 2490 ib. al.
Adj.: choriambum carmen, consisting of the choriambus, Aus. Ep. 10, 37.
Hence, chŏrĭambĭcus, a, um, adj., choriambic: metrum, Diom. p. 509 P.; Serv. Centim. p. 1822 ib.: versus, Sid. Ep. 9, 13.

† chŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = χορικός, pertaining to the chorus: tibiae, Diom. 3, p. 489.
In metre: metrum, a kind of anapœstic verse, consisting of a hypercatalectic dipody, e. g. animus male fortis, Serv. Centim. p. 1821 P.

† chŏrēus or -īus, i, m., = χορεῖος (sc. πούς, pes), in verse,

  1. I. A foot, later called trochaeus, –⏑, Cic. Or. 63, 212; Quint. 9, 4, 80; 9, 4, 82; 9, 4, 96; Marc. Vict. p. 2487 P.
  2. II. In later metrists, for the earlier tribrachys, ⏑⏑⏑, Diom. pp. 261 and 475 P.

chŏrīus, v. choreus.