dochmius
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dochmĭus, ĭī, m. (δόχμιος), pied de cinq syllabes composé d’un ïambe et d’un crétique : Cic. Or. 218 ; Quint. 9, 4, 79.
