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) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bra.kʰys/, [ˈtrɪ.bra.kʰʏs]

Noun

tribrachys m ‎(genitive tribrachyos); third declension

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “trĭbrăchus et trĭbrăchy̆s”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,598/3.
• “tribrachys (⁓us)” on page 1,971/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)