trochaeus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /troˈkʰae̯.us/, [t̪rɔˈkʰäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /troˈke.us/, [t̪roˈkɛːus]

Noun

trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension

1. a trochee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trochaeus	trochaeī
genitive	trochaeī	trochaeōrum
dative	trochaeō	trochaeīs
accusative	trochaeum	trochaeōs
ablative	trochaeō	trochaeīs
vocative	trochaee	trochaeī

Descendants

• → Czech: trochej
• → Danish: trokæ
• → Dutch: trochee
• → Finnish: trokee
• French: trochée
  • → English: trochee
• → German: Trochäus
• Italian: trocheo
• → Polish: trochej
• Portuguese: troqueu
• Romanian: troheu
• → Russian: трохе́й (troxéj)
• Spanish: troqueo
• → Swedish: troké

References

• “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trochaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.