I. A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (— “˘),” a trochee, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.—
II. Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (˘ “˘ ˘),” a tribrach, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.