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Webster 1913 Edition
Amphibrach
Am′phi-brach
(ăm′fĭ-brăk)
, Noun.
[L. [GREEK], Gr. [GREEK] short at both ends;
ἀμφί
+ βραχύσ
short.] (Anc. Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (˘ – ˘); as, hăbērĕ. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet˝ic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amphibrach
AM'PHIBRACH
,Noun.
In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short; as habere, in Latin. In English verse, it is used as the last foot, when a syllable is added to the usual number forming a double rhyme; as,
The piece, you think, is incorrect, why take it?
Definition 2024
amphibrach
amphibrach
English
Noun
amphibrach (plural amphibrachs)
- (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
- (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, page 322:
- Then Banoffsky launched into Glinka's great amphibrachs [...]: Subside, agitation of passion!
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Translations
metrical foot of three syllables
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