Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A double choreus or trochee; a trochaic dipody regarded as a single compound foot. Also called
dichoree and ditrochee (which see).
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Examples
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Here is the dichoreus; -- for it does not signify whether the last syllable is long or short.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is ended with a dichoreus; but the next sentence terminates with a double spondee.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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And this last dichoreus excited such an outcry as to be quite marvellous.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Now that dichoreus is not inherently defective as part of a clause, but in the rhythm of an orator there is nothing so vicious as to have the same thing constantly recurring.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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_dichoreus_, when the two last feet are _chorei_, consisting each of one long and one short syllable; for we must explain that the same feet have different names given them by different people.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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