ALL meanings of amphibrach
am·phi·brach
A a - noun amphibrach a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡) 3
- noun amphibrach a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable between two short ones, or, in English verse, of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones (Ex.: |ĕxplósiŏn|) 3
- noun amphibrach A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) a long syllable between two short syllables. 1
- noun amphibrach a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter. Thus, together is an accentual amphibrach. 1
- noun amphibrach (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). 0
- noun amphibrach (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica). 0