bacchius
From LSJ
νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) bacchius1, a, um (Bacchus), bacchisch, sacra, Ov. met. 3, 518.
(2) bacchīus2, a, um (βακχειος), bacchisch, pes, aus zwei Längen u. einer Kürze bestehend, entweder –– ñ (zB. Rōmānŭs), s. Terent. Maur. 1411, oder ñ–– (zB. sălūtī), s. Quint. 9, 4, 82.
Latin > English
bacchius bacchii N M :: metrical foot of three syllables, either long-long-short or short-long-long
