amphibrach
amphibrach · amphibrachs
амфибрахий
Amphibrachys, Skolius
A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables…A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
/ˈam.fɪ.bɹak/
Meaning
2 sensesA metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
Amphibrachys, Skolius
амфибра́хийamfibráxij
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., ‘remember’)
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
metrical foot of three syllables:
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metrical foot of three syllables:
Origin
From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
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Forms
plural: amphibrachs| Singular | amphibrach |
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irregular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedamphibrachic