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bacchius [bæˈkaɪəs]

n pl -chii [-ˈkaɪaɪ]

(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (˘ ¯ ¯) Compare dactyl

[from Latin, from Greek Bakkheios (pous) a Bacchic (foot)]

bacchius

1. (in quantitative meter) a short syllable followed by two long.
2. (in accented meter) an unstressed syllable followed by two stressed. Cf. antibacchius. — bacchic, adj.

See also: Verse

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