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antibacchius

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

noun

Prosody.
antibacchii plural

  1. 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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Etymology

Origin of antibacchius

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

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