Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM-PHIM'A-CER
AM-PHI-HEX-A-HE'DRALAM'PHI-PODE
AM-PHIM'A-CER, n. [Gr. αμφιμακρος, long on both sides.]
In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāstĭtās.
Return to page 110 of the letter “A”.