trochaeus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɔˈkʰae̯.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪roˈkɛː.us]
Noun
trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension
- a trochee
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trochaeus | trochaeī |
| genitive | trochaeī | trochaeōrum |
| dative | trochaeō | trochaeīs |
| accusative | trochaeum | trochaeōs |
| ablative | trochaeō | trochaeīs |
| vocative | trochaee | trochaeī |
Descendants
- → Czech: trochej
- → Danish: trokæ
- → Dutch: trochee
- → Finnish: trokee
- French: trochée
- → English: trochee
- → German: Trochäus
- Italian: trocheo
- → Polish: trochej
- Portuguese: troqueu
- Romanian: troheu
- → Russian: трохе́й (troxéj)
- Spanish: troqueo
- → Swedish: troké
References
- “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trochaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.