epitrite
noun
ep·i·trite
ˈepə‧ˌtrīt
plural -s
: a foot in Greek and Latin prosody consisting of three long and one short syllables
epitritic adjective
¦epə‧¦tritik
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin epitritos, from Greek, from epitritos 1¹/₃, having a ratio of 4:3, having 4 long and 3 short syllables, from epi- + tritos third; akin to Greek treis three