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antibacchius

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[an-ti-buh-kahy-uhs] / ˌæn tɪ bəˈkaɪ əs /

noun

Prosody.

a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of two long syllables followed by a short one, and that in accentual meter consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

antibacchic

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

antibacchii

plural

Etymology

Origin of antibacchius

1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek antibákcheios. See anti-, bacchius

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