antibacchius
Sign in to saveAn antibacchius (or palimbacchius) is a rare metrical foot used in formal poetry.
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- quantitative metrical pattern
- – – ⏑
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
1 sectionsContents
- Referenced
An antibacchius (or palimbacchius) is a rare metrical foot used in formal poetry.
In accentual-syllabic verse an antibacchius consists of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable. Its opposite is a bacchius.