Definition of Choliambs

1. choliamb [n] - See also: choliamb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choliambs

cholesterolosis
cholesterols
cholesteroluria
cholesterosis
cholesterosis cutis
cholesteryl
cholesteryl ester synthetase
cholesteryls
cholestyramine
cholestyramine resin
cholestyramines
choleuria
choleverdin
choli
choliamb
choliambs (current term)
cholic
cholic acid
cholic acids
cholicele
cholics
choline
choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
choline acetylase
choline acetyltransferase
choline chloride
choline deficiency
choline dihydrogen citrate
choline esterase I
choline esterase II

Literary usage of Choliambs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"... or limping verses, sca- zons or choliambs). The Ionian lyric poetry is followed by the Aeolian, partaking of the passionateness and vehemence, ..."

2. A History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1873)
"... choliambs, Sapphic strophes etc.) preceding, and those in elegiacs (epigrams) preceding: Ï-'.-'.. '...' c. 65—68 form the transition to the second part, ..."

3. Berliner philologische Wochenschrift (1908)
"... und Interpunktion des choliambs; С Bau des choliambs; D Verhältnis des ... rhythmische Erklärung des choliambs); ..."

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