bacchius

noun

bac·​chi·​us

bəˈkīəs,

ba-

plural bacchii

-īˌī

1

in accentual prosody : a metrical foot of three syllables, the first unstressed, the other two having either primary or intermediate stress

2

in classical prosody : a foot of three syllables, the first short, the other two long

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek Bakcheios, from Bakcheios, adjective, of Bacchus, from Bakchos Bacchus

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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