amphimacer

English

Etymology

From Latin amphimacrus, form Ancient Greek ἀμφίμακρος (amphímakros, “long at both ends”); see amphi-, macro-.

Noun

amphimacer (plural amphimacers)

1. A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented or light syllable between two accented or heavy syllables; a cretic.

Translations

metrical foot

• Finnish: amfimaker, kretikos (fi)
• French: amphimacre (fr) m, crétique (fr) m
• German: Amphimacer (de) m
• Polish: amfimakr m, amfimacer m
• Romanian: amfimacru (ro) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can