tribrevis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tri- (“three”) + brevis (“short”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.bre.u̯is/, [ˈt̪rɪbreu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.bre.vis/, [ˈt̪riːbrevis]
Noun[edit]
tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension
- (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
- AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479:
- Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant.
- The tribrach, "tribreve", teuthasius, which some call "brachysyllabic" , others triorcheon, some pygmon, many chorium.
- Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant.
- AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479:
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tribrevis | tribrevēs |
Genitive | tribrevis | tribrevium |
Dative | tribrevī | tribrevibus |
Accusative | tribrevem | tribrevēs tribrevīs |
Ablative | tribreve | tribrevibus |
Vocative | tribrevis | tribrevēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (prosody: tribrach): tribrachys
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- ?Portuguese: tribreve
References[edit]
- “trĭbrĕvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trĭbrĕvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,598/3.