ămoebaeus

I. alternate (pure Lat. alternus); hence, amoebaeum carmen = ᾆσμα ἀμοιβαῖον, a responsive song, Fest.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 28, 59, 66 al.—Hence in metre, pes amoebaeus: ex duabus longis et totidem brevibus et longā, Diom. p. 478 P. (e. g. īncrēdĭbĭlēs; opp. antamoebaeus, q. v.).