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(adjective) : ămoebaeus, a, um, , = ἀμοιβαῖος.
* Alternate (pure Lat. alternus); hence, amoebaeum carmen = ᾆσμα ἀμοιβαῖον, a responsive song, Fest.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 28, 59, 66 al.—Hence in metre, pes amoebaeus: ex duabus longis et totidem brevibus et longā,Diom. p. 478 P. (e. g. īncrēdĭbĭlēs; opp. antamoebaeus, q. v.).
* Alternate (pure Lat. alternus); hence, amoebaeum carmen = ᾆσμα ἀμοιβαῖον, a responsive song, Fest.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 28, 59, 66 al.—Hence in metre, pes amoebaeus: ex duabus longis et totidem brevibus et longā,Diom. p. 478 P. (e. g. īncrēdĭbĭlēs; opp. antamoebaeus, q. v.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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