LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

pyrrhĭchĭus

Meaning

  1. a poetical foot consisting of two short syllables

pyrrhĭchĭus, a, um, adj., = πυρρίχιος; in prosody, pes, or simply pyrrhichius,
I. a poetical foot consisting of two short syllables, a pyrrhic, Quint. 9, 4, 80; 106; 101; 140 al.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 975.

In English words that came into English from pyrrhĭchĭus

  • pyrrhicpyrrhĭchĭus
  • pyrrhichiuspyrrhĭchĭus

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What does pyrrhĭchĭus mean in Latin?
pyrrhĭchĭus, a adjective, means “a poetical foot consisting of two short syllables”.