tribrevis

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension

  1. (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
    • AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479:
      Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant.
      The tribrach, "tribreve", teuthasius, which some call "brachysyllabic" , others triorcheon, some pygmon, many chorium.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tribrevis tribrevēs
Genitive tribrevis tribrevium
Dative tribrevī tribrevibus
Accusative tribrevem tribrevēs
tribrevīs
Ablative tribreve tribrevibus
Vocative tribrevis tribrevēs

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References
  • “trĭbrĕvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trĭbrĕvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,598/3.
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