τρίβραχυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A substantive in elliptical use for τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς [πούς] (trĭ́brăkhŭs [poús], “[a metrical foot] consisting of three short syllables”) — written in full in an interpolation to the Τέχνη Ῥητορική of Dionysius of Halicarnassus — formed from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “three”) +‎ βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς • (trĭ́brăkhŭs) m (genitive τρῐβρᾰ́χεος); third declension

  1. (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
    • Arcad. 40
    • Hephaestio, Collected Works 3.2
    • Choerob., in Theod. 1.232.H.
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 17:
      ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἁπασῶν βραχειῶν συνεστώς, καλούμενος δὲ ὑπό τινων χορεῖος τρίβραχυς πούς, οὗ παράδειγμα τοιόνδε
      ho mèn gàr ex hapasôn brakheiôn sunestṓs, kaloúmenos dè hupó tinōn khoreîos tríbrakhus poús, hoû parádeigma toiónde
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς; τοῦ τρῐβρᾰ́χεος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς
ho trĭ́brăkhŭs 		τὼ τρῐβρᾰ́χει
tṑ trĭbrắkhei 		οἱ τρῐβρᾰ́χεις
hoi trĭbrắkheis
Genitive τοῦ τρῐβρᾰ́χεος
toû trĭbrắkheos 		τοῖν τρῐβρᾰχέοιν
toîn trĭbrăkhéoin 		τῶν τρῐβρᾰ́χεων
tôn trĭbrắkheōn
Dative τῷ τρῐβρᾰ́χει
tōî trĭbrắkhei 		τοῖν τρῐβρᾰχέοιν
toîn trĭbrăkhéoin 		τοῖς τρῐβρᾰ́χεσῐ / τρῐβρᾰ́χεσῐν
toîs trĭbrắkhesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν τρῐ́βρᾰχῠν
tòn trĭ́brăkhŭn 		τὼ τρῐβρᾰ́χει
tṑ trĭbrắkhei 		τοὺς τρῐβρᾰ́χεις
toùs trĭbrắkheis
Vocative τρῐ́βρᾰχῠ
trĭ́brăkhŭ 		τρῐβρᾰ́χει
trĭbrắkhei 		τρῐβρᾰ́χεις
trĭbrắkheis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: tribrachys

References

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