trochaeus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɔˈkʰae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [troˈkɛː.us] === Noun === trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension a trochee ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: trochej → Danish: trokæ → Dutch: trochee → Finnish: trokee French: trochée → English: trochee → German: Trochäus Italian: trocheo → Polish: trochej Portuguese: troqueu Romanian: troheu → Russian: трохе́й (troxéj) Spanish: troqueo → Swedish: troké === References === “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “trochaeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.