tribrevis

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bre.u̯is/, [ˈt̪rɪbreu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bre.vis/, [ˈt̪riːbrevis]

Noun

tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension

1. (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
   • AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479:

     Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant.

     The tribrach, "tribreve", teuthasius, which some call "brachysyllabic" , others triorcheon, some pygmon, many chorium.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	tribrevis	tribrevēs
genitive	tribrevis	tribrevium
dative	tribrevī	tribrevibus
accusative	tribrevem	tribrevēs tribrevīs
ablative	tribreve	tribrevibus
vocative	tribrevis	tribrevēs

Synonyms

• (prosody: tribrach): tribrachys

Related terms

• amphibrevis
• bibrevis
• perbrevis
• subbrevis

Descendants

• ?Portuguese: tribreve

References

• “trĭbrĕvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trĭbrĕvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,598/3.