ĕpī^trĭtos
a, um, adj.
I.
containing four thirds.
I.
In gen. (pure Lat. sesquitertius), in the relation of four to three, Gell. 18, 14, 5; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, § 15 al.; cf. as fin.—
II.
Pes, a metrical foot, consisting of three long syllables and one short (a spondee with an iambus or trochee): ˘¯¯¯, ¯˘¯¯, ¯¯ ˘¯, ¯¯¯˘, Diom. p. 477 P. et saep.