tribrevis

== Latin == === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ brevis (“short”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.brɛ.wɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.bre.vis] === Noun === tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables) AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479: Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant. The tribrach, "tribreve", teuthasius, which some call "brachysyllabic" , others triorcheon, some pygmon, many chorium. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== (prosody: tribrach): tribrachys ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ?Portuguese: tribreve === References === “trĭbrĕvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trĭbrĕvis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,598/3.