Definition of Trochaic. Meaning of Trochaic. Synonyms of Trochaic

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Definition of Trochaic

Trochaic
Trochaic Tro*cha"ic, n. (Pros.) A trochaic verse or measure. --Dryden.
Trochaic
Trochaic Tro*cha"ic, Trochaical Tro*cha"ic*al, a. [L. trocha["i]cus, Gr. ? or ?. See Trochee.] (Pros.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

Meaning of Trochaic from wikipedia

- considered to be a trochee. The adjective form is trochaic. The English word trochee is itself trochaic since it is composed of the stressed syllable /ˈtroʊ/...
- In English poetry, trochaic tetrameter is a meter featuring lines composed of four trochaic feet. The etymology of trochaic derives from the Gr**** trokhaios...
- Trochaic octameter is a poetic meter with eight trochaic metrical feet per line. Each foot has one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable...
- In ancient Gr**** and Latin literature, the trochaic septenarius (also known as the trochaic tetrameter catalectic) is a form of ancient poetic metre first...
- of "da DUM", a trochaic substitution would introduce a foot of "DUM da". In a line of verse that normally employs iambic meter, trochaic substitution describes...
- pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj Kāmil Mutaqārib Madīd...
- even-numbered syllables, or on the first syllable, in the case of an initial trochaic inversion. It is not the case, as is often alleged, that iambic pentameter...
- "Because I could not stop for Death" (Emily ****inson, eponymous lyric) Trochaic tetrameter: "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater" (English nursery rhyme) Dactylic...
- Occasionally, as an alternative to iambic, Gr**** playwrights use trochaic feet, as in the trochaic tetrameter catalectic. According to Aristotle (Poet. 1449a21)...
- and trochaic septenarii. As far as is known, iambic senarii were spoken without music; trochaic septenarii (and also iambic septenarii and trochaic and...