As-clē'pi-ad, n.

n. [Lat. metrum Asclepiadeum, from Asclepiades, a Greek poet, inventor of this meter.] (Anc. Pros.) A verse of four feet, a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus; or a spondee, a dactyl, a long syllable followed by a cesura, after which are two dactyls; thus,

Mæcē | nas, ātāvis || ēditē rēg | ibus. Mæcē | nās ātā | vis || ēditē | regibus.