antibacchius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

antĭbacchīus, i, adj., = ἀντιβακχεῖος.

I Pes, a poetical foot , the antibacchus or reversed Bacchius , ⏑ – – (e. g. nĕpōtēs), Ter. Maur. p. 2414 P. (acc. to other – – ⏑).—

II Versus, a verse composed of this foot , Diom. p. 513 P.; called palimbacchius by Quint. 9, 4, 82; Isid. Orig. 1, 16, p. 30 Lind.

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