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Webster 1913 Edition


Archilochian

Arˊchi-lo′chi-an

,
Adj.
[L.
Archilochius
.]
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus;
as,
Archilochian
meter
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Archilochian

ARCHILO'CHIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the last three, trochees.