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Definition of Amphibrach
1. Noun. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember').
Definition of Amphibrach
1. n. A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⌣ -- ⌣); as, hăbēr&ebreve;. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.
Definition of Amphibrach
1. Noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. (term amata am?ta)). ¹
2. Noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. (term Jamaica)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amphibrach
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphibrach
Literary usage of Amphibrach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Grammar of the English Language by Thomas Wadleigh Harvey (1878)
"amphibrach Manometer . . . . ua u. Hearts beat'ing, Tears starting, At meet'ing;
... amphibrach Trimeter . . . . ua uX 3. A breath' of | submission | we ..."
2. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"The accented lines are composed of three amphibrach.*. A con'quest, | how hard'
and | how glo'rious! Though fate had fast bound her AA ith Styx nine times ..."
3. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"The accented lines are composed of two amphibrach*. f The black' bands | came
o'ver The Alps and their snow; With Bour'bon, | the rov'er, They pass'd the ..."
4. An Introduction to Poetry: For Students of English Literature by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1909)
"The amphibrach, a foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed,
... There is more reason for viewing the amphibrach as an exceptional ..."
5. A System of English Versification: Containing Rules for the Structure of the by Erastus Everett (1848)
"Her joys, at brightest, pallid to that font. CHAPTER VI. THE amphibrach. § 38.
Quantity of the foot ; line of one amphibrach. ..."
6. The Principles Ofwritten Discourse by Theodore Whitefield Hunt (1884)
"THE amphibrach ( -). This only of all the secondary feet may be used throughout
a line ... An amphibrach at the end of a line is always pleasant to the ear. ..."
7. Second Year English: Composition and Rhetoric by George Ansel Watrous (1902)
"The amphibrach consists of three syllables, one accented between two unaccented "~< / ^
syllables ; thus, iambus. These seven movements were illustrated by ..."
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