Archilochian

[ ahr-kuh-loh-kee-uhn ]

adjective

, Prosody.

1. 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.

Archilochian

/ ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him

Word History and Origins

Origin of Archilochian¹

1745–55; < Greek archilóchei ( os ) (equivalent to Archíloch ( os ) Archilochus + -eios adj. suffix) + -an