bacchius

bacchius

(bæˈkaɪəs) n, pl -chii (-ˈkaɪaɪ) (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (˘¯¯). Compare dactyl[C16: 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