(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:01:16

Bac*chi"us (?), n.; pl. Bacchii. [L. Bacchius pes, Gr. (sc. foot).] Pros.

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

 

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