trŏchaeus, i, m., = τροχαῖος (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).
I A metrical foot of two syllables , a long and a short (— ⏑), a trochee , Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.—
II Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (⏑ ⏑ ⏑), a tribrach , Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.