tribrach

== English == === Etymology 1 === From the Latin tribrachys, from the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) +‎ βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). Compare the French tribraque. ==== Alternative forms ==== tribracchus [16th C.], tribrack [17th C.], tribrachus [18th C.], tribrachys [18th–19th CC.] tribrac ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪbɹæk/, /ˈtɹɪbɹæk/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌɪbɹak/, /ˈtɹɪbɹak/ ==== Noun ==== tribrach (plural tribrachs) (prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables. 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, book ii, chapter xiii (Arb.), page 133: For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables. 1827, the Rev’d Canon James Tate, An Introduction to the Principal Greek Tragic and Comic Metres in Scansion, Structure, and Ictus (second edition, 1829), chapter xi: “The Ictus of the long Trochaic of Tragedy”, §5 (page 23): Of all the resolved feet, the Tribrach in Trochaic verse with its ictus on the first syllable ⏑́⏑⏑ is most readily recognised by the ear as equivalent to the Trochee. ===== Derived terms ===== tribrachic ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “Tribrach¹” on page 340/1 of § 1 (Ti–Tz, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray) of part i (Ti–U, 1926) of volume X of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.) ==== Further reading ==== Tribrach (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === English tri- +‎ Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn, “arm”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪbɹæk/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌɪbɹak/ ==== Noun ==== tribrach (plural tribrachs) A figure or object having three arms or branches. (archaeology) A tribrachial prehistoric flint implement. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (surveying) A circular platform on three legs, each having levelling screws, used to connect a theodolite to a tripod. ===== Derived terms ===== tribrachial ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “Tribrach²” on page 340/1 of § 1 (Ti–Tz, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray) of part i (Ti–U, 1926) of volume X of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.) ==== Further reading ==== Tribrach (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === birch tar