iambus

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Iambus, a metrical foot, consisting of two syllables, of which the first is short and the second long, or in which the stress is on the second.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Those commonly accepted are: Iambus ⌣  —   Dactyl — ⌣⌣ Trochee — ⌣   Anapest ⌣ ⌣ — Spondee — —   Amphimacer — ⌣ — Amphibrach  ⌣ — ⌣ The dash stands for the accented syllable.

From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio

From the name Iambi came the measure Ιαμβος, Iambus, in which oracles were of old delivered.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

In the Latin comic writers, Plautus and Terence, great freedom is permitted, and the various equivalents of the Iambus, viz. the Dactyl, Anapaest, Spondee, Tribrach, Proceleusmatic, are freely admitted in any foot except the last.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

In other words the two feet correspond to the schemes U_U-U_ and U-U-U-, where a Spondee can take the place of the Anapaest after or before the Iambus respectively.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir