资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Epitrite \Ep"i*trite\, n. [Gr. ? containing an integer and one
   third (i. e., [frac43], or in the ratio of 4 to 3); 'epi`
   upon, over + ? the third: cf. L. epitritos, F. ['e]pitrite.]
   (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
   A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short
   syllable.

   Note: It is so called from being compounded of a spondee
         (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee
         (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or
         4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands
         1st, 2d, etc.