bəˈkīəs, ba- noun
( plural bac·chii -īˌī)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Bakcheios, from Bakcheios, adjective, of Bacchus, from Bakchos Bacchus
1. in accentual prosody : a metrical foot of three syllables, the first unstressed, the other two having either primary or intermediate stress
2. in classical prosody : a foot of three syllables, the first short, the other two long