ASCLEPIAD

ASCLEPIAD,Asclepiadeus, a Greek or Latin Verse of four Feet, containing a Spondee, a Choriambus, and two Dactyls. See FOOT and VERSE. Such is the Verse, Mecenas atavis Edite Regibus. Or of four Feet, and a long Syllable; the first a Spondee, and the second a Dactyl, after which comes the long Syllable, succeeded by two Dactyls: as, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.