foot+of+one+long+and+one+short+syllable
111Resplendent Quetzal — This article is about the bird. For the short story, see The Resplendent Quetzal. Resplendent Quetzal A male Conservation status …
112amphibrach — [am′fə brak΄] n. [L amphibrachys < Gr, lit., short before and after < amphi , AMPHI + brachys, short: see MERRY] a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable between two short ones, or, in English verse, of one …
113dac|tyl — «DAK tuhl», noun. 1. a foot in modern English verse having one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables. Example: “This´is the/ for´est pri/ me´val. The/ mur´mur ing/ pines´ and the/ hem´locks.” 2. a foot in classical verse having… …
114trochee — [trō′kē] n. [L trochaeus < Gr trochaios, running < trechein, to run: see TROCHE] a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable followed by one short one, or, as in English verse, of one accented syllable… …
115Amphibrach — Am phi*brach ([a^]m f[i^]*br[a^]k), n. [L. ?, Gr. ? short at both ends; amfi + brachy s short.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short ([crescent] [crescent]); as, h[a^]b[=e]r[e^]. In modern prosody… …
116thesis — [thē′sis] n. pl. theses [thē′sēz΄] [L < Gr, a placing, position, proposition < base of tithenai, to put, place: see DO1] 1. a) in classical Greek poetry, the long syllable of a foot b) in later poetry, the short or unaccented syllable or… …
117Iambi — Iambus I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …
118Iambus — I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …
119Iambuses — Iambus I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …
120dactyl — [ daktɪl] noun Prosody a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables. Origin ME: via L. from Gk daktulos, lit. finger (the three… …
