JAMBOLIFERA, in botany: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the octandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking with those of which the order is doubtful. The calyx is quadridented; the corolla tetrapetalous, and funnel-shaped; the filaments a little plane; the stigma simple.
Iambus, James. IAMBUS, in the Greek and Latin prosody, a poetical foot, consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one; as in
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Ὀῖν ἄγῳ, Di, meat.
Syllaba longa brevius subiecta vocatur iambus, as Horace expresses it; who also calls the iambus a swift, rapid foot, pes citus.
The word, according to some, took its rise from Iambus, the son of Pan and Echo, who invented this foot; or, perhaps, who only used sharp-biting expressions to Ceres, when afflicted for the death of Proserpine. Others rather derive it from the Greek ἴσμεναι "poison;" or from ἰσμεῖν, maledico "I rail, or revile;" because the verses composed of iambus's were at first only used in satire.