#amphibrach variant

• Amphibrach (archaic) — An obsolete, archaic, or regional adjectival or nominal form of the modern term 'amfibrah'; a trisyllabic metrical foot used in classical metrics or old accentual poetry, structurally consisting of one long syllable positioned between two short syllables. In old 19th-century poetics handbooks, it served as basic nomenclature for scanning and rhythmic analysis of stanzas.
• Amphimacer — A trisyllabic metrical foot used in classical ancient metrics (Greek and Latin), structurally consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable positioned between two long (or stressed) syllables. Graphically, this poetic rhythm is represented by the scheme ( ̄ ̆ ̄ ). In modern literary terminology, it is also known as a cretic foot.