tribrevis

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bre.u̯is/, [ˈt̪rɪbreu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bre.vis/, [ˈt̪riːbrevis]

Noun

tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension

1. (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
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Declension

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

• (prosody: tribrach): tribrachys

Related terms

• amphibrevis
• bibrevis
• perbrevis
• subbrevis

Descendants

• ?Portuguese: tribreve

References

• “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.