trochaeus

trŏchaeus, i, m., = τροχαῖος (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).

• A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (— ⏑), a trochee, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.—
• II Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (⏑ ⏑ ⏑), a tribrach, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.

trochaeus, ī, m. (τροχαῖος), in der Metrik, I) das früher choreus genannte Versglied – ⏑ , der Trochäus, Cic. de or. 3, 182. Quint. 9, 4, 80 (die Etymol. des W.s. Mart. Cap. 9. § 988. Isid. orig. 1, 17, 3). – II) andere Bezeichnung des tribrachys, das Versglied ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ , Cic. or. 191. Quint. 9, 4, 82.

trochaeus [CL], trochee, foot consisting of a heavy syllable followed by a light syllable; b (humorous transf.); c (in gl.). nonne plerumque ultimus pes ~o terminatur? Aldh. Met. 10 p. 82; ~us ex longa et brevi temporum trium, ut ‘versus’ Bede AM 108; dupla partimur hos: ~eum ‥ iambum ‥ molosum Bonif. Met. 109; cum ‥ elevatio habet longam et depositio brevem, dicitur ~us Odington 90.  b trocheus etenim erat, cum uno pede longo et alio brevi constabat Mir. Cuthb. Farne 7.  c rotatiles ~os [gl.: swegas] GlP 1062.

trŏchæus, ī, m. (τροχαῖος), ¶ 1 trochée ou chorée [pied composé dʼune longue et dʼune brève] Cic. de Or. 3, 182 ; Quint. 9, 4, 80 ¶ 2 c. tribrachus [trois brèves] : Cic. Or. 191 ; Quint. 9, 4, 82.

trochaeus , i. m.
高低二音之詩步。

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trochaeus ī, m

• , τροχαῖος, a metrical foot of one long and one short syllable, trochee.—A metrical foot of three short syllables, tribrach.