tribrachys

See also: Tribrachys

English

Noun

tribrachys

Alternative form of tribrach

Latin

Alternative forms

tribrachus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (tríbrakhus), from τρῐ- (tri-, “tri-”) +‎ βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, “short”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bra.kʰys/, [ˈtrɪ.bra.kʰʏs]

Noun

tribrachys m (genitive tribrachyos); third declension

(prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)

Declension

Third declension, Greek type.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tribrachys	tribrachyes
genitive	tribrachyos	tribrachyōn
dative	tribrachyi	tribrachibus
accusative	tribrachyn	tribrachȳs
ablative	tribrachye	tribrachibus
vocative	tribrachy	tribrachyes

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

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