palimbacchius
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
palimbacchius (plural palimbacchii)
- (poetry) A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) (whence also palindrome) + bacchius.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.lim.bakˈkʰiː.us/, [pälʲɪmbäkˈkʰiːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lim.bakˈki.us/, [pälimbäkˈkiːus]
Noun[edit]
palimbacchīus m (genitive palimbacchīī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palimbacchīus | palimbacchīī |
| Genitive | palimbacchīī | palimbacchīōrum |
| Dative | palimbacchīō | palimbacchīīs |
| Accusative | palimbacchīum | palimbacchīōs |
| Ablative | palimbacchīō | palimbacchīīs |
| Vocative | palimbacchīe | palimbacchīī |
Synonyms[edit]
- (antibacchius): antibacchus
Descendants[edit]
- English: palimbacchius
References[edit]
- “palimbacchius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palimbacchius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.