amphibrach

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Pronunciation

/ˈam.fɪ.bɹak/(UK)

Definition of amphibrach

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noun

A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).

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noun

A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
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!”

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

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