DIBRACH Definition & Meaning

dibrach

[ dahy-brak ]

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noun

Prosody.

pyrrhic ¹( def 3 ).

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of dibrach¹

< Latin dibrachys < Greek ��í�� a foot of two short syllables, equivalent to di- di- ¹ + ��ý�� short; brachy-

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It may be worth while to give some correct examples in English of the principle metrical feet:— Pyrrhic or Dibrach, u u = bŏdy, spĭrĭt.

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“And yēt,” is a complete iambus; but anyet is, like spirit, a dibrach u u, trocheized, however, by the arsis or first accent damping, though not extinguishing, the second.

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It may be worth while to give some correct examples in English of the principal metrical feet:— Pyrrhic or Dibrach, u u =body, spirit.

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