bacchius
noun
bac·chi·us
bəˈkīəs,
ba-
plural bacchii
-īˌī
1
in accentual prosody : a metrical foot of three syllables, the first unstressed, the other two having either primary or intermediate stress
2
in classical prosody : a foot of three syllables, the first short, the other two long
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek Bakcheios, from Bakcheios, adjective, of Bacchus, from Bakchos Bacchus
First Known Use
1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1