EPITRITUS, in Prosody, a foot consisting of three long syllables and one short. Of these, grammarians reckon four kinds; the first consisting of an iambus and spondee, as salutantes; the second, of a trocheus and spondee, as conciliati; the third of a spondee and an iambus, as communicans; and the fourth of a spondee and trocheus, as incantare. See the articles SPONDEUS, TROCHEUS, and IAMBUS.