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tribrachys
tribrachys
See also: Tribrachys
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (tríbrakhus), from τρῐ- (tri-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, “short”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.bra.kʰys/, [ˈtrɪ.bra.kʰʏs]
Noun
tribrachys m (genitive tribrachyos); third declension
- (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- (prosody: tribrach): tribrevis
Descendants
References
- trĭbrăchys in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “trĭbrăchus et trĭbrăchy̆s”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,598/3.
- “tribrachys (⁓us)” on page 1,971/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)