ASCLEPIAD VERSE
\ɐsklˈɛpɪˌad vˈɜːs], \ɐsklˈɛpɪˌad vˈɜːs], \ɐ_s_k_l_ˈɛ_p_ɪ__ˌa_d v_ˈɜː_s]\
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Metrum Asclepiadeum, invented by Asclepiades, Greek poet, some time after Alcaeus and Sappho. A choriambic verse, of which there are many variations; as "Maecenas atavis," etc. (Horace); "Sic te, diva potens Cypri" (Horace) ; "Grato, Pyrrha, sub antro " (Horace) ; and others. See Choriambus.
By Henry Percy Smith
