Dictionary

amphibrach en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈam.fɪ.bɹak/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).

Meanings

1. A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
2. A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
   • Then Banoffsky launched into Glinka's great amphibrachs [...]: Subside, agitation of passion! 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, page 322:

Forms

Relateds

amphibrachic

Translations (17)

la amphibrevis (metrical foot of three syllables) · sh amfibrah (metrical foot of three syllables) · nl amfibrachys (metrical foot of three syllables) · pt anfíbraco (metrical foot of three syllables) · pl amfibrach (metrical foot of three syllables) · la amphibrachys (metrical foot of three syllables) · grc ἀμφίβραχυς (metrical foot of three syllables) · eo amfibraĥo (metrical foot of three syllables) · ca amfíbrac (metrical foot of three syllables) · de Amphibrachys (metrical foot of three syllables) · ru амфибра́хий (metrical foot of three syllables) · fr amphibraque (metrical foot of three syllables) · eo amfibrako (metrical foot of three syllables) · it anfibraco (metrical foot of three syllables) · fi amfibrakhys (metrical foot of three syllables) · la amphibrachus (metrical foot of three syllables) · de Skolius (metrical foot of three syllables)