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dochmiuses

dochmiuses is the plural of dochmius.

Meaning of dochmius

Noun

dochmius (plural dochmii or dochmiuses)

  1. A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
    • Yet there is good reason to doubt the existence of any such; —good reason to think, that dochmiuses belong to the triple rhythm1843, William O'Brien, The Ancient Rhythmical Art Recovered, page 6

Questions about dochmiuses

What is dochmiuses the plural of?
Dochmiuses is the plural of dochmius.

Words near dochmiuses in the dictionary

  1. Docherty
  2. dochmiac
  3. dochmiacs
  4. dochmii
  5. dochmius
  6. dochmiuses
  7. docibility
  8. docible
  9. docibleness
  10. docile
  11. docilely

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