pyrrhicha

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

pyrrhĭcha, ae, and pyrrhĭchē, ēs, f., = πυρριχη,

a dance in armor , the Pyrrhic dance , Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: elephas lasciviente pyrrhiche conludere, id. 8, 2, 2, § 5; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Ner. 12; Spart. Hadr 19; Ap. Met. 10, 29, 24.—As adj.: ars pyrrhicha, Sid. Ep. 9, 15, 7.