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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

amphimacrus

, Gr. [GREEK];

ἀμφί

on both sides + [GREEK] long.]

(Anc. Pros.)

A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāstĭtās.

Andrews.

Noun.

[Gr. long on both sides.]

In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in castitas.

amphimacer ‎(plural amphimacers)

A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic