Definitions For Galliambus

Noun

{{en-noun, galliambi}} (poetry) A verse consisting of four ionics a minore, with variations and substitutions.

Derived terms

galliambic

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, -}} {{w, Galli}} + iambus. Used by the Galli, priests of the Phrygian goddess Cybele. The first element, {{der, en, grc, γάλλος}}, was said by Ovid to be named after a {{der, en, xpg, -}} river.Maarten J. Vermaseren, Cybele and Attis: the myth and the cult, translated by A. M. H. Lemmers, London: Thames and Hudson, 1977, p.85, referencing Ovid, Fasti IV.9

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Words with Friends
21

The word Galliambus is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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