noun
- Plural of amphimacer; metrical feet in poetry, each consisting of three syllables with the stress pattern long-short-long (or stressed-unstressed-stressed).
Usage: technical; prosody; also called cretic feet
Examples
- The poet employed amphimacers to create a distinctive rhythmic pattern in the verse.
- Classical Greek and Latin poetry frequently featured amphimacers in their metrical structures.
- Understanding amphimacers is essential for analyzing ancient poetic forms.
- The line scanned as a series of amphimacers, giving it a unique cadence.