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Definitions
A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
Word origin
From the Latin tribrachys, from the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). Compare the French tribraque.
Used in a sentence
“For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables.”
“We may vse a Spondee or Iambick and sometime a Tribrack or Dactile.”
“Tribrachus or Tribrachys, (Gr[eek]) a Foot in Greek and Latin Verſe, conſiſting of three ſhort Syllables; as Pŏpŭlŭs.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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