palimbacchius
English
editNoun
editpalimbacchius (plural palimbacchii)
- (poetry) A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) (whence also palindrome) + bacchius.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.lim.bakˈkʰiː.us/, [pälʲɪmbäkˈkʰiːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lim.bakˈki.us/, [pälimbäkˈkiːus]
Noun
editpalimbacchīus m (genitive palimbacchīī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | palimbacchīus | palimbacchīī |
Genitive | palimbacchīī | palimbacchīōrum |
Dative | palimbacchīō | palimbacchīīs |
Accusative | palimbacchīum | palimbacchīōs |
Ablative | palimbacchīō | palimbacchīīs |
Vocative | palimbacchīe | palimbacchīī |
Synonyms
edit- (antibacchius): antibacchus
Descendants
edit- English: palimbacchius
References
edit- “palimbacchius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palimbacchius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.