diplasic

adjective

di·​pla·​sic

(ˈ)dī¦plā|zik,

-la|,

|sik

in classical prosody

: two to one in proportion : having a thesis twice the length of the arsis

Word History

Etymology

Greek diplasios twofold (from di- + -plasios -fold) + English -ic

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