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tribrevis
tribrevis
Latin
Noun
tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension
- (prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Diomedes Grammaticus to this entry?)
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tribrevis | tribrevēs |
| genitive | tribrevis | tribrevium |
| dative | tribrevī | tribrevibus |
| accusative | tribrevem | tribrevēs |
| ablative | tribreve | tribrevibus |
| vocative | tribrevis | tribrevēs |
Synonyms
- (prosody: tribrach): tribrachys
Related terms
- amphibrevis
- bibrevis
- perbrevis
- subbrevis
Descendants
- ?Portuguese: tribreve
References
- trĭbrĕvis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “trĭbrĕvis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,598/3.