amphibrach
Meanings
noun
- A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
- A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
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Etymology
From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
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