antibacchius

[an-ti-buh-kahy-uh s]

noun, plural an·ti·bac·chi·i

[an-ti-buh-kahy-ahy, -kahy-ee] /ˌæn tɪ bəˈkaɪ aɪ, -ˈkaɪ i/. 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.

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Compare bacchius.

Origin of antibacchius

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

Related formsan·ti·bac·chic

[an-ti-bak-ik] /ˌæn tɪˈbæk ɪk/, adjective

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