in ancient poetry, a verse composed of four feet, the first of which is a spondee, the second a chorambus, and the two last dactyls; or of four feet and a caesura, the first a spondee, the second a dactyl, after which comes the caesura, then the two dactyls; as, Μετανοία ταύτη εὐθεῖα ῥήτου.