tribrachys

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

trĭbrăchys, yos, m., = τρίβραχυς,

a poetical foot consisting of three short syllables , a tribrach , Quint. 9, 4, 97.—Called also in Lat. tribrevis, Diom. p. 475 P.