trochaeus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension

  1. a trochee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative trochaeus trochaeī
genitive trochaeī trochaeōrum
dative trochaeō trochaeīs
accusative trochaeum trochaeōs
ablative trochaeō trochaeīs
vocative trochaee trochaeī

Descendants

References

  • “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • trochaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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