antibacchius

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

antĭbacchīus: i, adj., = ἀντιβακχεῖος.
I Pes, a poetical foot, the antibacchius, antibacchus or reversed Bacchius, ˘¯¯ (e. g. nĕpō tēs), Ter. Maur. p. 2414 P. (acc. to other ¯¯˘).—
II Versus, a verse composed of this foot, Diom. p. 513 P.; called palimbac chius by Quint. 9, 4, 82; Isid. Orig. 1, 16, p. 30 Lind.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

antĭbacchīus, īī, m. (ἀντιβάκχειος),
1 pied [deux longues et une brève] Gramm.
2 vers composé de ces pieds : Diom. 513, 25.

Latin > German (Georges)

antibacchīus, a, um (ἀντιβάκχειος), antibacchisch, ant. pes, ein dreisilbiges Versglied: ñ–– (ein umgekehrter Bacchius), Gramm, -ant. versus, ein aus Antibacchien bestehender Vers, Gramm.

Wikipedia EN

An antibacchius is a rare metrical foot used in formal poetry. In accentual-syllabic verse an antibacchius consists of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable. Its opposite is a bacchius.