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antibacchius

[ an-ti-buh-kahy-uhs ]

noun

Prosody.
plural antibacchii
  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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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ô·³Ù¾±Â·²ú²¹³¦Â·³¦³ó¾±³¦ [an-ti-, bak, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of antibacchius1

1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²úá°ì³¦³ó±ð¾±´Ç²õ. See anti-, bacchius
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Example Sentences

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Antibacchius, u - = thÄ• LÅrd GÅd.

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The tribrachus all his three parts swiftly: the antibacchius his two first partes slowly, his last & third swiftly: the amphimacer, his first & last part slowly & his middle part swiftly: the amphibracus his first and last parts swiftly but his midle part slowly, & so of others by like proportion.

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Antibacchius, u ' ' = the Lo'rd Go'd.

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