dochmius
Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)
Latin > English
dochmius dochmii N M :: metrical foot, the dochmiac
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
