ἀνά-παιστος,ον, (cf. sq.)
A. hammered, forged,
κλείς
IG 2.678B64
, al., 11.161A94 (Delos,iii B. C.).
II. struck back, rebounding:—asSubst.,anapaest(i. e. a dactylreversed), D.H. Comp. 25 , Heph. 8 , etc.; ἀ. ἀπὸ μείζους dactyl,
Aristid.Quint. 1.15
.
2. anapaestic verse,
Arist. Po. 1452b23 , D.H. 1.25 , etc.: in pl., of the Comicparabasis,
Ar. Eq. 504 , Pax 735 , al.; ἀνάπαιστοι σύμπτυκτοι
Pherecr. 79
, cf. Sch.metr. Pi. O. 4.1 ;ἀνάπαιστόν τιsomethingin anapaestic metre,
Aeschin. 1.158 :ἀνάπαιστα,τά, anapaestic verses,
Alciphr. 3.43 ; esp. ofribaldorsatirical songs,