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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Bacchii

[L.

Bacchius

pes, Gr.

ὁ Βακχεῖοσ

(sc.

πούσ

foot).]

(Pros.)

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Noun.

In ancient poetry, a foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; as in avari.

bacchius ‎(plural bacchii)

(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.