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 σαδιστικός; the second, of a trocheus and spondee, as σοφιστικός; the third of a spondee and an iambus, as κοινωνικός; and the fourth of a spondee and trocheus, as ικανοτάτη. See the articles SPODEUS, TROCHEUS, and IAMBUS.