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Definition of Trochaic
1. Adjective. Of or consisting of trochees. "Trochaic dactyl"
Definition of Trochaic
1. n. A trochaic verse or measure.
2. a. Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.
Definition of Trochaic
1. Adjective. Referring to poetry composed of trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by unstressed syllable. ¹
2. Noun. A poetical composition of this kind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trochaic
1. a trochee [n -S] - See also: trochee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochaic
Literary usage of Trochaic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1881)
"A syllable is sometimes prefixed to a trochaic verse. A syllable thus used la called
... stanza ia a trochaic Dimeter with Anacrusis : > : -£. ..."
2. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"In Dactylic verse the unit of measure is a foot, but in trochaic, ... A syllable
called Anacrusis (upward beat) is sometimes prefixed to a trochaic verse. ..."
3. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"The most common form of trochaic verse is the Tetrameter ... Some other forms of
trochaic verse are found in the lyric poets, in combination with other feet ..."
4. A Grammar of the Latin Language for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard, Henry Preble (1888)
"The longer trochaic and iambic measures belong chiefly to dramatic poetry. ...
All of the above feet may, therefore, occur in trochaic and iambic measures. ..."
5. The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most by Peter Bullions (1853)
"An Acephalous trochaic becomes an iambic line ; and an Acephalous iambic becomes a
... A mixed trochaic line admits a spondee, a dactyl, an anapaest, ..."
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