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trochaeus
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Lewis Short
trŏchaeus (noun M) = τροχαῖος: (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).
* A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (— ˘),a trochee,Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.
* Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (˘ ˘ ˘),a tribrach,Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.
* A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (— ˘),a trochee,Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.
* Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (˘ ˘ ˘),a tribrach,Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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