Lewis & Short

† părĭambus, i, m., = παρίαμβος.

  1. I. A metrical foot consisting of a short and two long syllables (⏑––), Diom. p. 475 P.
  2. II. A metrical foot consisting of a long and four short syllables (–⏑⏑⏑⏑), Diom. p. 478 P.
  3. III. A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables, commonly called a pyrrhichius, Diom. p. 471 P.; cf. Mar. Vict. p. 2486 ib.; Quint. 9, 4, 80.