tribrach

[trahy-brak, trib-rak]

noun

1. Prosody.,  a foot of three short syllables.

tribrach

¹

/ ˈtrɪb-, ˈtraɪbræk /

noun

1. prosody a metrical foot of three short syllables ( )

tribrach

²

/ ˈtrɪbræk /

noun

1. archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement

Other Word Forms

• tribrachic adjective
• tribrachial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tribrach¹

< Latin tribrachys < Greek tríbrachys, equivalent to tri- tri- + brachýs short; brachy-

Word History and Origins

Origin of tribrach¹

C16: from Latin tribrachys , from Greek tribrakhus , from _tri- + brakhus short

Origin of tribrach²

C19: from _tri- + Greek brakhiōn arm

Example Sentences

Tribrach, u u u = nŏbŏdy, hastily pronounced.

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Tribrach, a classical foot, ◡ ◡ ◡, 51.

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Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡_◡, tribrach ◡◡◡, pyrrhic ◡◡, paeon _◡◡◡, choriamb _◡◡_.

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Juno, meantime, whose feelings were less affected, did not kneel at all; but, like a tribrach, amused herself with chasing a hare which just then crossed one of the forest ridings.

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In the Latin comic writers, Plautus and Terence, great freedom is permitted, and the various equivalents of the Iambus, viz. the Dactyl, Anapaest, Spondee, Tribrach, Proceleusmatic, are freely admitted in any foot except the last.

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