bacchius

English

Etymology

So called because used in hymns to Bacchus.

Noun

bacchius (plural bacchii)

1. (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Related terms

• antibacchius
• palimbacchius

References

• “bacchius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.