AMPHIBRACH

amphibrach

(noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., ‘remember’)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

amphibrach (plural amphibraches)

(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).

(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).

Source: Wiktionary


Am"phi*brach, n. Etym: [L. (Anc. Pros.)

Definition: A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet''ic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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