iambical 
Amongst us I name but two Iambical poets, Gabriel 
Harvey and Richard Stanyhurst, because I have Been no 
more in this kind. Metes (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 100). 
iambically (i-am'bi-kal-i), adv. In the manner 
of au iambic. 
iambize (i-am'biz), . t.; pret. and pp. iambi;ed, 
ppr. iambizing. [< Gr. ia/ipifrtv, assail in iam- 
bics, lampoon, < la/tfiof, iambus, iambic verse, 
a lampoon: see iambus.'] To satirize in iambic 
verse. [Bare.] 
Iambic was the measure in which they used to iambize 
each other. Twining, tr. of Aristotle on Poetry, i 8. 
iambographer (I-am-bog'ra-fer), n. [< Gr. iau- 
/Joypdyop, a writer of iambics, < ta/i/3of, iambus, 
+ ypatjteiv, write.] A writer of iambic poetry. 
[Rare.] 
Meant. I am an iumbographer; now it is out 
Cata. For honour's sake, what's that ? 
Mont. One of the sourest versifiers that ever crept out 
of Parnassus. Shirley, Maid's Revenge, i. 2. 
iambographic (i-am-bo-graf'ik), a. [< Gr. ia/t- 
/?oyp<i0of, a writer of iambics (see iambographer), 
+ -tc.] 1. Of or pertaining to the writing of 
iambics. 2. Accustomed to write iambic po- 
etry. [Rare.] 
The melic and iambographic poets. 
Amtr. Jour. Philol., VIL 878. 
iambus (i-am'bus), n.; pi. iamM (-bi). [< L. iam- 
bus, < Gr. Ja///3of, an iambus, an iambic verse, an 
iambic poem, esp. a lampoon; so called, it is 
said, because first used by satiric writers ; < id- 
TTTOV, send or drive on, throw, assail with words, 
= L. jacere (iacere), throw: see jactitate, jet 1 .'] 
lupros., a foot of two syllables, the first short 
or unaccented and the second long or accented. 
The iambus of modern or accentual versification consists 
of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, 
without regard to the relative time taken lu pronouncing 
the two syllables. Thus in English verse the words Might', 
dilate", emit, dbff would all be treated as iambi, while on 
the principles of ancient prosody the first of these words 
would be an iambus, but the second a spondee(an anapestic 
spondee, f ), the third a trochee, and the last a pyrrhic. 
The iambus of Greek and Latin poetry (~ ) is quantita- 
tive, and as the first syllable is short, and the second being 
long is equal to two shorts, the whole foot has a magnitude 
of three shorts (is trisemlc). Also called iamb, iambic, 
-ian. A form of -an, being -an preceded by an 
original or euphonic vowel '-. See -an. 
lanthina (i-au'thi-na), n. [NL., fern, of ian- 
thinus, < Gr. iavOtvof, violet-colored, < lov (*Fiav), 
violet (=L.OTO-to, violet), + avSos, aflower.] 1. 
The representative genus of the family lantni- 
iiidai; the oceanic violet-snails. One of the best- 
known species is f.fragilii. They are found floating In 
Violet-snail (lanthma /raffiHs). it, float; b, effffs; r, gills; 
d, tentacles. 
shoals on the open seas of warm latitudes, buoyed up by 
the peculiar float attached to the foot, and are often cast 
ashore in vast numbers during storms. The animal when 
irritated pours out a violet secretion, serving to some ex- 
tent for concealment^ like the ink of the cuttlefish. 
2. \l. c.~] A violet-snail. 
lanthinidae (i-au-thin'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < lan- 
thina + -idw,'] A family of oceanic gastropods, 
having a small foot, the under side of which is 
connected with a vascular appendage or float, 
which buoys the animal in the water, and un- 
der which the eggs are received ; the violet- 
snails. The shell is thin and violet-colored, with a twist- 
ed pillar, 4-sided aperture, and waved outer lip giving pas- 
sage to exposed gills. The head is large, obtuse, and pro- 
truded beyond the mouth, with a short proboscis and 
bifid tentacles. The radula is without central teeth, but 
has many long, curved, pen-like teeth on the sides. The 
remarkable appendage or float is several times as long as 
the body. There was formerly much question as to the 
position of the family, which has even been classed with 
the Heteropoda. 
lapetUS (i-ap'e-tus), n. [L., < Gr. 'Imrcrdf, iu 
myth, a Titan, son of Uranus and Ge.] 1. In 
astron., the eighth or outermost, formerly called 
the fifth, of the satellites of Saturn. 2. In en- 
torn., a genus of homopterous insects, of the 
family Fnlgorida. St&l, 1863. 
lapygian (i-a-pij'i-an), a. and n. [< L. lapygia, 
Gr. "loirvyia, <! L. lapyges, Gr. 'laitvyef (see lapyx), 
+ -an.] I. a. Of or pertaining to lapygia, an 
ancient division of southeastern Italy, so called 
by the Greeks, corresponding to the peninsular 
part of Apulia, anciently also called Messapia 
and Calabria, and sometimes extended to the 
whole of Apulia. 
II. n. One of the ancient Italic race inhabit- 
ing lapygia, including the Messapians and other 
tribes. 
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iapygid (i-ap'i-jid), n. A member of the family 
lapygidcB. 
lapygidae (i-a-pij'i-de), n.pl. [NL.,< lapyx (-yg-) 
+ -idie.'] A family of thysanurous insects, rep- 
resented by the genus lapyx, having a pair of 
anal forceps instead of bristles, and no mova- 
ble appendages along the under side of the 
body. 
lapyx (i-a'piks), n. [NL., < L. lapyx, < Gr. 
'Ia;rt;f (-17-), the northwest or rather west- 
northwest wind, pi. a river in Italy, also lapyx, 
the son of Ddalus, the mythical progenitor 
(eponym) of the lapyges, L. Ia2>yges,Gr.'ldirvyef, 
a people of southern Italy.] The representa- 
tive genus of insects of the family lapnijiilii: 
There are several eyeless species. 7: tnlifugus Is one of 
southern Europe, of pale color, about half an inch long ; 
/. gi<ias of Cyprus is twice as long. A United States spe- 
cies is 7. subterraneui, found under stones near the Mam- 
moth Cave iu Kentucky. 
iarfine, n. [Ir., < iar, after, + fine, family, 
tribe.] One of the groups of five into which 
the ancient Irish clans or families were organ- 
ized. See gcilfine. 
-iasis. [NL.,< L. -iasis, < Gr. -iaaif, as in ifaijiav- 
riaaif, elephantiasis, <p6cipiaatf, phthiriasis, etc., 
from verbs in -detv, contr. -dv, the -<- being of 
the stem, or euphonic.] A termination of New 
Latin names of diseases, as elephantiasis, phtlii- 
riasis, psoriasis, hypochondr iasis. Also -asis. 
iaspt, . See jag}), jasper. Spenser. 
lassidae, lassus. See Jassidai, Jaasus. 
lastian (i-as'ti-an), n. [Gr. 'Id<mof, Ionic, < 
'Idf, Ionic : see 'Ionic.'] Same as Ionian. 
iatraliptict (i-a-tra-lip'tik) ; a. [< Gr. iarpa- 
feitrTiK, a surgeon who practises by anointing, 
friction, and the like (<J laTpakenrriKJi, sc. fixvi, 
such practice)j < iarpof, a physician, + dfeiirri/f, 
an anointer, < atefaiv, anoint. ] Curing by oint- 
ments and frictions The iatraliptic method, in 
med., same as epidermic method (which see, under epider- 
mic). 
iatric (i-at'rik), a. [< Gr. iorpocof, < tarpof, a 
physician, < IdaOat, cure, heal.] Relating to 
medicine or physicians. 
iatrical (i-at'ri-kal), a. [< iatric + -al.] Same 
as iatric. 
iatrochemical (i-a-tro-kem'i-kal), a. [< Gr. 
iarpof, a physician, + E. chemical.] Of or per- 
taining to the chemical theory of medicine : ap- 
plied to a school of medicine of the seventeenth 
century which, progressive in its tendencies, 
applied with a certain exclusiveness and ex- 
travagance chemical doctrines to the explana- 
tion of physiological and pathological phenom- 
ena : opposed to iatrophysical. 
iatrocbemist (i-a-tro-kem'ist), n. [< Gr. iarpof, 
a physician, + E. chemist: cf. iatromathemati- 
cian.J A member of the iatrochemical school. 
iatroliptict, iatroleptict, a. Erroneous forms 
of iatraliptic. 
iatrology (i-a-trol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. larpoto-yia, 
the study of medicine, < iarpAf, a physician, + 
-/.oyi, < /t/Eiv, speak: see -0/017^.] A treatise 
on medicine or on physicians ; also, the science 
of medicine. 
iatromathematical (I-a-tro-math-e-mat'i-kal), 
a. [< Gr. ia-pof, a physician, + E. mathematical. 
See iatromathematician.~] Same &siatrophysical. 
Some iatromathematical prof essorsare too superstitions, 
in my judgment. Burton, Anut. of Mel., p. 278. 
iatromathematician (i-a-tro-math'e-ma-tish'- 
an), n. [< Gr. iorpof, a physician, + E. mathe- 
matician, after Gr. larpo/uithifiaTtKoi, pi., those 
who practised medicine in conjunction with 
astrology, < tarpof, a physician, + ftaOq/taTticdf, 
a mathematician.] A member of the iatro- 
physical school. 
iatromechanical (i-a-tro-me-kan'i-kal), a. [< 
Gr. larpof , a physician, + E. mechanical.] Same 
as iatrophysical. 
iatrophysical (i-a-tro-fiz'i-kal), a. [< Gr. iarp6f, 
a physician, + E. physical.'] A term applied 
to a school of physicians which took its rise in 
Italy in the seventeenth century. They sought to 
explain the functions of the body and* the application of 
remedies by statical and hydraulic laws, and were eager 
students of anatomy, since it was only by accurate know- 
ledge of all the parts that they could apply their mathe- 
matical and dynamical principles. 
ib. An abbreviation of ibidem. 
ibet. An obsolete form of been 1 , past participle 
of be 1 . 
I-beam (I'bem), n. Any form of rolled iron hav- 
ing a cross-section resembling the letter I. 
ibent. An obsolete form of been 1 , past partici- 
ple of be 1 . 
Iberian 1 (i-be'ri-an), a. and . [< L. Iberia, 
Hiberia, < Gr. 'l,3r/pia, the ancient Greek name 
ibex 
of Spain, < "I/fr/per L. Iberrs. /libfrm, sometimes 
Iberi, Hibvri, the inhabitants of Spain.] I. a. 
1. Of or pertaining to ancient Iberia in Europe, 
which included Spain and Portugal and part of 
southern France: as, the Iberian peninsula. 
Eoving the Celtick and Iberian fields. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 60. 
2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Iberia ; 
specifically, in art, noting the productions of 
tne earlier races of the Spanish peninsula, which 
show no trace of Roman influence. 
II. . 1. One of the primitive inhabitants of 
Spain. The Basques are supposed to be de- 
scendants of the ancient Spanish Iberians. 
2. The language of the ancient Iberians, of 
which modern Basque is supposed to be the 
representative. 
Iberian 2 (i-be'ri-an), a. [< L. Iberia, Hiberia, 
< Iberes, Hiberes,'Grr. "Ipqpts, the ancient inhab- 
itants of the region now called Georgia.] Of 
or pertaining to ancient Iberia in Asia, nearly 
corresponding to Georgia in Russian Transcau- 
casia. 
From . . . Margiana to the Hyrcanian cliffs 
Of Caucasus, and dark Iberian dales. 
Milton, P. K., lit 818. 
Iberidea (I-be-rid'e-e), . pi. [NL., < Iberia 
(-id-) + -ea;.~] A tribe of cruciferous plants, typi- 
fied by the genus Iberia, 
now referred to the tribe 
Tlilaspidea: 
Iberia (i-be'ris), n. [NL., 
< Gr. Ifypic, a kind of pep- 
perwort, prob. < 'Ipt/pta, 
Iberia, Spain, as its place 
of growth.] A genus of 
cruciferous plants, con- 
sisting of annual, peren- 
nial, and shrubby spe- 
cies, distinguished by hav- 
ing the two outer petals 
larger than the others. 
About 20 species are known, 
mostly natives of the Mediter- 
ranean region and of the East. 
Several species are cultivated in 
gardens, under the name of can- 
dytvft. The 7. amara, or bitter 
candytuft, is found growing wild 
in the south of England. The 
root, stems, and leaves possess 
medicinal properties, but the 
seeds are most efficacious. It 
is said to have been used by the 
ancients in cases of rheumatism, 
gout, and other diseases. 7. urn- 
bellatn is the purple candytuft. 
iberite (i-be'rit), . [< L. 
Iberia, Spain, + -ittfr.'] A hydrated altered 
iolite found in the Spanish province of Toledo. 
ibex (I'beks), n. [< L. ibex, a kind of goat, the 
chamois.] 1. A wild goat, the bouquetin, stein- 
bok, or other species of the genus Ibex. There 
are several different species, inhabiting mountain-ranges 
of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the best known of which, and 
the one to which the name was originally given, is the 
steinbok or bouqnetin of the Alps and Apennines, Capra 
ibex or Ibex ibex. The male is about 4J feet long, and 2 
feet .- inches high at the shoulders ; it sometimes attains 
a weight of 200 pounds. The color is brownish- or reddish- 
gray in summer, and gray in winter. The horns are very 
large (sometimes 3 feet along the curve), closely approxi- 
Candytuft ([beris umbel- 
lata}. a, flower; b, fruit ; 
t, seed. 
Alpine Ibex or Steinbok (Cafra ibex). 
mated at the base, diverging regularly to the tip, curved 
sharply backward and outward, and longitudinally ridged 
on each side, the flattened front between the ridges being 
crossed with many transverse ridges or nodes. It has a 
short dark beard, and the ears and tail are partly white. 
The female is smaller, of a gray color, and its horns are 
shorter and more like those of the domestic goat. The 
kids are gray. The ibex of the Pyrenees is a closely related 
species, Ibex pyrenaica ; its horns are more divergent for 
some distance and then incurved at the tip, presenting 
