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ἀνάπαιστος

ἀνάπαιστος, struck back, rebounding

ἀνά-παιστος, ον, (cf. sq. [ἀναπαιστρίς])
  • hammered, forged, κλείς IG 2.678B64, al., 11.161A94 (Delos, iii B. C.).
    • II struck back, rebounding:—as Subst., anapaest (i. e. a dactyl reversed), D.H. Comp. 25, Heph. 8, etc.; ἀ. ἀπὸ μείζους dactyl, Aristid.Quint. 1.15.
      • 2 anapaestic verse, Arist. Po. 1452b23, D.H. 1.25, etc.: in pl., of the Comic parabasis, Ar. Eq. 504, Pax 735, al.; ἀνάπαιστοι σύμπτυκτοι Pherecr. 79, cf. Sch.metr. Pi. O. 4.1; ἀνάπαιστόν τι something in anapaestic metre, Aeschin. 1.158: ἀνάπαιστα, τά, anapaestic verses, Alciphr. 3.43; esp. of ribald or satirical songs, D.C. 66.8, Plu. Per. 33.

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