trisemeadj.n.
/ˈtrʌɪsiːm/ Classical Prosody.
A. adj.
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B. n.
A trisemic foot.
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trochee1586
tribrach1589
triseme1885
1885 Goodell in Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. XVI. 88 This metre is logaœdic, trisemes and cyclic dactyls, as well as tribrachs and inverted trochees, being substituted freely for pure trochees.
1894 B. L. Gildersleeve & G. Lodge Lat. Gram. (ed. 3) 459 Protraction and Syncopé.. triseme long.
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trisemic adj. /traɪˈsiːmɪk/ containing, consisting of, or equivalent to three moræ or short syllables.
/traɪˈsiːmɪk/ containing, consisting of, or equivalent to three moræ or short syllables.This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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