a. Pros. [mod. ad. Gr. χωλιαμβικ-ός, f. χωλίαμβος, see prec.; cf. F. choliambique.] Of, or pertaining to, the choliamb.
1832. Philol. Museum, I. 285. The ancient choliambic poetry of Hipponax.
1883. Athenæum, 31 March, 400/3. The choliambic metre, as employed by Babrius.
b. subst. in pl.
1699. Bentley, Phal., Of Æsop’s Fables, v. After him came one Babrius, that gave a new turn of the fables into choliambicks.
1882. Athenæum, No. 2863. 340. This simple and charming writer of choliambics.
