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Definition of Bacchius
1. n. A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Definition of Bacchius
1. Noun. (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short. ¹
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Definition of Bacchius
1. a type of metrical foot [n -CHII]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchius
Literary usage of Bacchius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"Palim-bacchius, or Anti-bacchius. — First Paeon. — Second Paeon. — Third Paeon.
— Fourth Paeon. 5. Feet of six times, ..."
2. International Numismata Orientalia by Wm Marsden (1881)
"Besides bacchius the Jew on this coin wears the pointed tiara of a Jewish ...
bacchius is totally unknown, but may have been some Arabian chief of the ..."
3. History of Jewish Coinage, and of Money in the Old and New Testament by Frederic William Madden (1864)
"Besides, bacchius the Jew on this coin wears the pointed tiara of a Jewish high-
priest, and his name in Hebrew could not but be ^p2 Bucchi ..."
4. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1866)
"... and ends with a bacchius, it is called ... and a bacchius : J. „ L - | Л ч - J.
... before the bacchius : -£.v±_ | iu„i||i„wi Iw J. - Inter ..."
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