[Kevin Andrew Murphy]

Carol,

I just looked it up and found some other definitions. This one:

GLYCONIC (from Glycon, a Greek lyric poet), a form of verse, best known in Catullus and Horace (usually in the catalectic variety a), with three feet--a spondee and two dactyls; or four--three trochees and a dactyl, or a dactyl and three chorees. Sir R. Jebb pointed out that the last form might be varied by placing the dactyl second or third, and according to its place this verse was called a First, Second or Third Glyconic.

Cf. J. W. White, in Classical Quarterly (Oct. 1909).

And then there's this highly useful page where a computer scientist graphs all the feet mathematically, including the glyconic variants.

[This message has been edited by Kevin Andrew Murphy (edited February 13, 2005).]