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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension
- a trochee
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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.