ALL meanings of bacchius
bac·chi·us
B b - noun bacchius a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –) 3
- noun plural bacchius a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones. 1
- noun bacchius (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short. 1