brachycatalectum

brăchycătălēctum (brăchy-cătălēctĭcum, Serv. Centim. p. 1817 P.), i, n. (sc. metrum), = βραχυκατάληκτον or βραχυκαταληκτικόν; in metre,

• a verse that wants a whole foot or half a metre, Diom. p. 501 P.