amphibrachys

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xəs/, /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xɪs/
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Hyphenation: am‧phi‧bra‧chys

Noun edit

amphibrachys m (plural amphibrachen)

Dated spelling of amfibrachys.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bra.kʰys/, [ämˈpʰɪbräkʰʏs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.bra.kis/, [ämˈfiːbräkis]

Noun edit

amphibrachys m (genitive amphibrachyos); third declension

(poetry) amphibrach

Declension edit

Third declension noun (Greek-type masculine in -ys).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amphibrachys	amphibrachēs
Genitive	amphibrachyos	amphibrachyōn
Dative	amphibrachyī	amphibrachibus
Accusative	amphibrachyn	amphibrachēs
Ablative	amphibrachy	amphibrachibus
Vocative	amphibrachys amphibrachy¹	amphibrachēs

¹In poetry.

Descendants edit

Catalan: amfíbrac
English: amphibrach
Spanish: anfíbraco

References edit

“amphibrachys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
amphibrachys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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