palimbacchius

English

Noun

palimbacchius (plural palimbacchii)

(poetry) A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one.

Latin

Etymology

From πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) (whence also palindrome) + bacchius.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.lim.bakˈkʰiː.us/, [pälʲɪmbäkˈkʰiːʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lim.bakˈki.us/, [pälimbäkˈkiːus]

Noun

palimbacchīus m (genitive palimbacchīī); second declension

palimbacchius, antibacchius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palimbacchīus	palimbacchīī
Genitive	palimbacchīī	palimbacchīōrum
Dative	palimbacchīō	palimbacchīīs
Accusative	palimbacchīum	palimbacchīōs
Ablative	palimbacchīō	palimbacchīīs
Vocative	palimbacchīe	palimbacchīī

Synonyms

(antibacchius): antibacchus

Descendants

English: palimbacchius

References

“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.

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