This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
bacchius
[ buh-kahy-uhs, ba- ]
/ bəˈkaɪ əs, bæ- /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun, plural bac·chi·i [buh-kahy-ahy ba-]. /bəˈkaɪ aɪ bæ-/. Prosody.
a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones.
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON HAS VS. HAVE!
Do you have the grammar chops to know when to use “have” or “has”? Let’s find out with this quiz!
Question 1 of 7
My grandmother ________ a wall full of antique cuckoo clocks.
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Compare antibacchius.
Origin of bacchius
Words nearby bacchius
Bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchant, bacchante, Bacchic, bacchius, Bacchus, Bacchylides, bacci-, bacciferous, bacciform
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
How to use bacchius in a sentence
He scans it as a 'bacchius', consisting of four feet, with the measurement , the last syllable of saeclo seeming to be shortened.
Cato Maior de Senectute|Marcus Tullius Cicero
British Dictionary definitions for bacchius
bacchius
/ (bæˈkaɪəs) /
noun plural -chii (-ˈkaɪaɪ)
Word Origin for bacchius
C16: from Latin, from Greek Bakkheios (pous) a Bacchic (foot)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012