pyrrhichius

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

pyrrhĭchĭus, a, um, adj., = πυρρίχιος; in prosody, pes, or simply pyrrhichius,

a poetical foot consisting of two short syllables , a pyrrhic , Quint. 9, 4, 80; 106; 101; 140 al.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 975.