The corpus record

ἰαμβεῖος

iambeios

iambic, iambic verse, iambic poem

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 8 · 7.91/10k
Rhetoric 5 · 1.16/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

iambic

iambic, μέτρον Arist. Po. 1448b31.

II iambic verse, iambic poem, verse, line

as Subst. ἰαμβεῖον, τό, iambic verse, Ar. Ra. 1133, 1204, Pl. R. 602b, Arist. Po. 1458b19, Sammelb. 6308 (iii B.C.), etc.: in pl., iambic poem, Luc. Salt. 27: generally, verse, line, Ath. 8.355a (of anapaests).

2 iambic metre

iambic metre, Arist. Rh. 1404a31.

In the wild

ἰαμβείοις · iambeiois Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
ἰαμβείοις · iambeiois Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
ἰαμβεῖον · iambeion Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
ἰαμβεῖον · iambeion Aristotle, Ars Poetica 4
ἰαμβεῖον · iambeion Aristotle, Ars Poetica 4
ἰαμβεῖον · iambeion Aristotle, Ars Poetica 4

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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