noun
mĕsŏbrăchys
Meaning
- a poetical foot of five syllables, of which only the middle one is short
mĕsŏbrăchys, m., = μεσόβραχυς (sc. pes),
I. a poetical foot of five syllables, of which only the middle one is short (e. g. pulcherrĭmarum;
opp. to mesomacros), Diom. p. 479 P.