bacchius
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
So called because used in hymns to Bacchus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bacchius (plural bacchii)
- (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “bacchius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.