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dipodies

  • plural
    of dipody.
    dipody
    noun
    a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.

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The iambic trimeter in Greek consists of three dipodies or six iambs; as used by English prosodists it consists of three iambs.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

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