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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 ( )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tribrach

2

/ ˈٰɪæ /

noun

  1. archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰˈ󾱳, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰ·i adjective
  • ٰ·i· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tribrach1

< Latin tribrachys < Greek ٰí, equivalent to tri- tri- + ý short; brachy-
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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 ō arm
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Example Sentences

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Tribrach, u u u = nŏbŏdy, hastily pronounced.

From

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

From

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.

From

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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