amphibrachys
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xəs/, /ˌɑm.fiˈbrɑ.xɪs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: am‧phi‧bra‧chys
Noun
amphibrachys m (plural amphibrachen)
- dated spelling of amfibrachys
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [amˈpʰɪ.bra.kʰys]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [amˈfiː.bra.kis]
Noun
amphibrachys m (genitive amphibrachyos); third declension
Declension
Third declension noun (Greek-type masculine in -ys).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amphibrachys | amphibrachēs |
| genitive | amphibrachyos | amphibrachyōn |
| dative | amphibrachyī | amphibrachibus |
| accusative | amphibrachyn | amphibrachēs |
| ablative | amphibrachy | amphibrachibus |
| vocative | amphibrachys amphibrachy1 |
amphibrachēs |
1In poetry.
Descendants
- Catalan: amfíbrac
- English: amphibrach
- Spanish: anfíbraco
References
- “amphibrachys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amphibrachys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.