tribrachys

See also: Tribrachys

English

Noun

tribrachys

1. Alternative form of tribrach

Latin

Alternative forms

• tribrachus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (tríbrakhus), from τρῐ- (tri-, “tri-”) +‎ βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, “short”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bra.kʰys/, [ˈt̪rɪbräkʰʏs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bra.kis/, [ˈt̪riːbräkis]

Noun

tribrachys m (genitive tribrachyos); third declension

1. (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

	singular	plural
nominative	tribrachys	tribrachyes
genitive	tribrachyos	tribrachyōn
dative	tribrachyī	tribrachibus
accusative	tribrachyn	tribrachȳs
ablative	tribrachye	tribrachibus
vocative	tribrachys tribrachy1	tribrachyes

¹In poetry.

Synonyms

• (prosody: tribrach): tribrevis

Descendants

• English: tribrach
• French: tribraque

References

• “trĭbrăchys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trĭbrăchus et trĭbrăchy̆s in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,598/3”
• “tribrachys (⁓us)” on page 1,971/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• tribrachys on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la