anapest

• n. （美）抑抑扬格

前缀ana-, 向上，向后。pest, 击，打，砍，同词根put, 见amputate, 截肢。应用于语言学，回砍。

anapest (n.)

also anapaest, "two short syllables followed by a long one," 1670s, from Latin anapestus, from Greek anapaistos "struck back, rebounding," verbal adjective from anapaiein "to strike back," from ana- "back" (see ana-) + paiein "to strike," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (see pave). So called because it reverses the dactyl.