FOOT, in Prosody, a measure consisting of certain combinations of long and short syllables. These combinations, as enumerated by the best Latin and Greek prosodians, amount in all to twenty-eight, as may be seen by the following table:

Pyrrhœ — — Amphibrachys — — —
Spondeæ — — — Amphimacer — — —
Trochœ — — — Bacchæa — — —
Iambus — — — Pallimbacchæa — — —
Tribrach — — — — Procleusmaticus — — — — —
Molossæ — — — — Dispondæus — — — — —
Dactyl — — — — Ditrochæus — — — — —
Anapæst — — — — Dilambus — — — — —
Choriambus — — — — — Pæon tertius — — — — —
Antispæstus — — — — — Pæon quartus — — — — —
Ionæus a majore — — — — — Epitētus primus — — — — —
Ionæus a minore — — — — — Epitētus secundus — — — — —
Pæon primus — — — — — Epitētus tertius — — — — —
Pæon secundus — — — — — Epitētus quartus — — — — —

By rejecting such of those feet as are merely compounds or reduplications, the number of simple feet is reduced to twelve.