amphimacrus

amphĭmā̆crus, i, m., = ἀμφίμακρος (long before and after),

• an amphimacer, the poetical foot – ⏑ – (also called Creticus), Quint. 9, 4, 81.

amphimacrus, ī, m. (ἀμφιμακρος, vorn und hinten lang), t.t. der Metrik, der Versfuß – ⏑– (auch Creticus gen.; Ggstz. amphibrachys ⏑– ⏑), Quint. 9, 4, 81. Diom. 479, 13. – Dass. amphimēcēs (ἀμφιμήκης), Diom. 479, 13.

amphimacrus [ἀμφίμακρος] , amphimacer, cretic. ~us ‥ vocabulum sumpsit quod ab utraque parte longis sillabis [brevis] cingitur; nam macra ‘longa’ ‥ dicitur Aldh. PR 122; ~us ex longa et brevi et longa temporum quinque, ut ‘īmpŏtēns’ Bede AM 2364.