Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In prosody, same as
trochee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a trochee.
- noun A tribrach.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
trochee . - noun A
tribrach .
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Examples
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But he calls a trochee, which occupies the same time as a choreus, [Greek: kordax], because its contracted and brief character is devoid of dignity.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Even the iambic, which consists of one short and one long syllable; or that foot which is equal to the choreus, having three short syllables, being therefore equal in time though not in the number of syllables; or the dactyl, which consists of one long and two short syllables, if it is next to the last foot, joins that foot very trippingly, if it is a choreus or a spondee.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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