Tribrach
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹaɪbɹæk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tribrach is a noun meaning (prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
Meaning
(prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
More Meanings
- A figure or object having three arms or branches.
Example Sentences
The plain tribrach is frequent in every one’s reading.
We may vse a Spondee or Iambick and sometime a Tribrack or Dactile.
For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables.
Tribrachus or Tribrachys, (Gr[eek]) a Foot in Greek and Latin Verſe, conſiſting of three ſhort Syllables; as Pŏpŭlŭs.
Word Forms
- tribrachs
- tribracchus
- tribrack
- tribrachus
- tribrachys
- tribrac
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tribrachys, tribrachus, tribrac, trimeter, trisyllable, amphibrach.
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