dochmius

Γαστρὸς δὲ πειρῶ πᾶσαν ἡνίαν κρατεῖν → Frenis regendus venter adductis tibi est → Mit straffem Zügel such' zu lenken deinen Bauch

Menander, Monostichoi, 81

Latin > English

dochmius dochmii N M :: metrical foot, the dochmiac

dochmĭus: ii, m., = δόχμιος (sc. πούς),
I the dochmiac foot in poetry, whose fundamental scheme is ˘ [macracute] [macracute] ˘ [macracute], of which, however, about thirty modifications are described, Cic. Or. 64 fin.; Quint. 9, 4, 79 al.

dochmĭus, ĭī, m. (δόχμιος), pied de cinq syllabes composé d’un ïambe et d’un crétique : Cic. Or. 218 ; Quint. 9, 4, 79.

dochmius, iī, m. (δόχμιος), her dochmische Versfuß, dessen Grundform, wovon aber einige 30 Abweichungen vorkommen, Cic. or. 218. Quint. 9, 4, 79. Diom. 481, 33.

dochmius, ii. m. :: 詩名