(n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a chorus.

Alexandrine accent accentuation amphibrach amphimacer anacrusis anapest antispast arsis bacchius beat cadence caesura catalexis chloriamb chloriambus colon counterpoint cretic dactyl dactylic hexameter diaeresis dimeter dipody dochmiac elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis epitrite feminine caesura foot heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody iamb iambic iambic pentameter ictus ionic jingle lilt masculine caesura measure meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metron molossus mora movement numbers paeon pentameter pentapody period proceleusmatic pyrrhic quantity rhythm spondee sprung rhythm stress swing syzygy tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme thesis tribrach trimeter tripody triseme