antibacchius
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antĭbacchīus: i, adj., = ἀντιβακχεῖ ος.
I Pes, a poetical foot, the 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.
