tribrachys

== English == === Noun === tribrachys Alternative form of tribrach. == Latin == === Alternative forms === tribrachus === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) +‎ βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.bra.kʰys] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.bra.kis] === Noun === tribrachys m (genitive tribrachyos); third declension (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). 1In poetry. ==== Synonyms ==== (prosody: tribrach): tribrevis ==== Descendants ==== English: tribrach French: tribraque === References === “trĭbrăchys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trĭbrăchus et trĭbrăchy̆s”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,598/3” “tribrachys (⁓us)” on page 1,971/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) === Further reading === tribrachys on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la