ĕpītrĭtos, a, um, adj., = e)pi/tritos, containing four thirds.I. In gen. (pure Lat. sesquitertius), in the relation of four to three, Gell. 18, 14, 5; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, 15 al.; cf. as fin.—II. Pes, a metrical foot, consisting of three long syllables and one short (a spondee with an iambus or trochee): , , , , Diom. p. 477 P. et saep.