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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ancient prosody:
- n. A foot consisting of two long syllables followed by a short syllable . Usually called antibacchius.
- n. Less frequently, a foot consisting of a short syllable followed by two long syllables . Now commonly called bacchius (which see).
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