amphibrachys

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xəs/, /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xɪs/

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• Hyphenation: am‧phi‧bra‧chys

Noun

amphibrachys m (plural amphibrachen)

1. Dated spelling of amfibrachys.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bra.kʰys/, [ämˈpʰɪbräkʰʏs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.bra.kis/, [ämˈfiːbräkis]

Noun

amphibrachys m (genitive amphibrachyos); third declension

1. (poetry) amphibrach

Declension

Third declension noun (Greek-type masculine in -ys).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amphibrachys	amphibrachēs
Genitive	amphibrachyos	amphibrachyōn
Dative	amphibrachyī	amphibrachibus
Accusative	amphibrachyn	amphibrachēs
Ablative	amphibrachy	amphibrachibus
Vocative	amphibrachys amphibrachy1	amphibrachēs

¹In poetry.

Descendants

• Catalan: amfíbrac
• English: amphibrach
• Spanish: anfíbraco

References

• “amphibrachys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amphibrachys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.