Asclepiadean

[ uh-sklee-pee-uh-dee-uh n ]
/ əˌskli pi əˈdi ən /
Classical Prosody

adjective

noting or pertaining to a verse consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambi, and an iamb.

noun

an Asclepiadean verse.

Origin of Asclepiadean

1700–10; < Greek Asklēpiádei(os) pertaining to Asclepiades, 3rd-century Greek poet to whom the verse was attributed + -an

British Dictionary definitions for asclepiadean

Asclepiadean
/ (æˌskliːpɪəˈdiːən) prosody /

adjective

of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb

noun

Also called: Asclepiad an Asclepiadean verse

Word Origin for Asclepiadean

C17: via Latin from Greek Asklēpiadēs (about 270 bc), who invented the verse form