antibacchius

noun

an·​ti·​bac·​chi·​us

plural antibacchii

: a metrical foot of three syllables the first two having either primary or intermediate stress and the last being unstressed (as in accentual poetry) or the first two being long and the last short (as in classical prosody)

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Late Greek antibakcheios, from Greek anti- anti- entry 1 + bakcheios bacchius

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