bacchius

== English == === Etymology === So called because used in hymns to Bacchus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbækiəs/ === Noun === bacchius (plural bacchii) (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short. ==== Related terms ==== antibacchius bacchic palimbacchius === References === “bacchius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.