bacchius
[b
uh
-
kahy
-
uh
s, ba-]
/bəˈkaɪ əs, bæ-/
noun
,
plural
bacchii
[b
uh
-
kahy
-ahy, ba-]
/bəˈkaɪ aɪ, bæ-/
(
Show IPA
).
Prosody
1.
a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones.
Compare
antibacchius
.
Origin
1580-90;
<
Latin
<
Greek
Bakkheîos
(
poús
) (foot) of
Bacchus
British Dictionary definitions for
bacchius
bacchius
/
bæˈkaɪəs
/
noun
(
pl
)
-chii
(
-ˈkaɪaɪ
)
1.
(
prosody
) a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
Compare
dactyl
Word Origin
C16: from Latin, from Greek
Bakkheios
(
pous
) a Bacchic (foot)