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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], prop., Molossian, belonging to the Molossians, a people in the eastern part of Epirus.]

(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)

A foot of three long syllables.

[Written also

molosse

Noun.

[Gr.] In Greek and Latin verse, a foot of three long syllables.

molossus ‎(plural molossuses or molossi)

metrical foot