anapaestus, a, um, adj., = ἀνάπαιστος (struck back). Pes, the metrical foot, anapaest: ˘˘¯ (i. e. a reversed dactyl), Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; id. de Or. 3, 47; also absol. without pes, id. Or. 56.

— ana-paestum, i, n. (sc. carmen), a poem in anapaests, Cic. Tusc. 3, 24, 57; id. Or. 56; Gell. praef. 20.