Archilochian
[ ahr-kuh-loh-kee-uh n ]
/ ˌɑr kəˈloʊ ki ən /
adjective Prosody.
of or relating to a form of poetic meter devised by the Greek Archilochus in which various types of meter are combined in the same line or couplet, as a dactylic tetrameter plus a trochaic tripody.
Origin of Archilochian
1745–55; < Greek
archilóchei(os) (equivalent to
Archíloch(os)
Archilochus +
-eios adj. suffix) +
-an
British Dictionary definitions for archilochian
Archilochian
/ (ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən) /
adjective
denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him