bacchius

[ buh-kahy-uhs, ba- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Prosody.

, plural bac·chi·i [b, uh, -, kahy, -ahy, ba-].

a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones.

bacchius

/ bæˈkaɪəs /

See dactyl
prosody a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones ( ) Compare dactyl

1580–90; < Latin < Greek Bakkheîos ( poús ) (foot) of Bacchus

C16: from Latin, from Greek Bakkheios ( pous ) a Bacchic (foot)

He scans it as a 'bacchius', consisting of four feet, with the measurement , the last syllable of saeclo seeming to be shortened.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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