BACCHIUS


Meaning of BACCHIUS in English

/beuh kuy"euhs, ba-/ , n. , pl. bacchii /-kuy"uy/ . Pros.

a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones. Cf. antibacchius .

[ 1580-90; Bakkheîos ( poús ) (foot) of BACCHUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .