amphibrachn.

Brit.

/ˈamfᵻbrak/, U.S.

/ˈæm(p)fəˌbræk/

Forms:

α. 1500s amphibracchus, 1500s amphibracus, 1500s–1600s amphibrachus, 1700s– amphibrachys.

β. 1700s amphibrachee.

γ. 1700s– amphibrach.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin amphibrachys, amphibrachus.

Etymology: < classical Latin amphibrachys metrical foot consisting of a long between two short syllables (Quintilian; in post-classical Latin also amphibrachus (from 3rd cent. in grammarians)) < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίβραχυς , in same sense, literally short at both ends < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + βραχύς short (see brachy- comb. form). Compare amphimacer n.Compare French amphibraque (1644). In β. forms apparently with alteration of the ending after spondee n. and trochee n.

Prosody.

In classical prosody: a foot consisting of one long syllable between two short syllables. Also (in modern prosody): a foot consisting of one stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables.

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amphibrach1586

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. Giiii Amphibrachus, of a short, a long, and a short [syllable], as..reioyced.

1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iv. 178 The Amphimacres, and the Amphibrachus cannot stand in a Verse, because there must be either a short quantity betwixt two long; or a long quantity betwixt two short.

a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 29 A free verse of eleven or twelve syllables, which may consist of four Amphibrachees..so Prior: ‘As Chlōĕ căme īntŏ thĕ rōom t'ŏthĕr dāy.’

1807 S. T. Coleridge Metric Feet in Poet Wks. (2001) I. ii. 802 One Syllable long, with two short at each side, Amphībrăchy̆s hāstes wĭth ă stātely̆ Stride.

1919 F. Wilkinson New Voices 50 Poetry was the disastrous result of the invention of ‘anapaest’ and ‘amphibrach’. How we hated the poets!

2000 C. Scott Translating Baudelaire vii. 164 The amphibrach informs the more negotiable and fluid world of affect and diffuse sensation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amphibrach
释义	amphibrachn. Brit. /ˈamfᵻbrak/, U.S. /ˈæm(p)fəˌbræk/ Forms: α. 1500s amphibracchus, 1500s amphibracus, 1500s–1600s amphibrachus, 1700s– amphibrachys. β. 1700s amphibrachee. γ. 1700s– amphibrach. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin amphibrachys, amphibrachus. Etymology: < classical Latin amphibrachys metrical foot consisting of a long between two short syllables (Quintilian; in post-classical Latin also amphibrachus (from 3rd cent. in grammarians)) < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίβραχυς , in same sense, literally short at both ends < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + βραχύς short (see brachy- comb. form). Compare amphimacer n.Compare French amphibraque (1644). In β. forms apparently with alteration of the ending after spondee n. and trochee n. Prosody. In classical prosody: a foot consisting of one long syllable between two short syllables. Also (in modern prosody): a foot consisting of one stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > long syllable between two short syllables amphibrach1586 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. Giiii Amphibrachus, of a short, a long, and a short [syllable], as..reioyced. 1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iv. 178 The Amphimacres, and the Amphibrachus cannot stand in a Verse, because there must be either a short quantity betwixt two long; or a long quantity betwixt two short. a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 29 A free verse of eleven or twelve syllables, which may consist of four Amphibrachees..so Prior: ‘As Chlōĕ căme īntŏ thĕ rōom t'ŏthĕr dāy.’ 1807 S. T. Coleridge Metric Feet in Poet Wks. (2001) I. ii. 802 One Syllable long, with two short at each side, Amphībrăchy̆s hāstes wĭth ă stātely̆ Stride. 1919 F. Wilkinson New Voices 50 Poetry was the disastrous result of the invention of ‘anapaest’ and ‘amphibrach’. How we hated the poets! 2000 C. Scott Translating Baudelaire vii. 164 The amphibrach informs the more negotiable and fluid world of affect and diffuse sensation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1586
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