Pyrrhichius

A Pyrrhichius ( ancient Greek πυρρίχιος pyrrhíchios derived from Waffentanz, the πυρρίχη Pyrrhiche also παρίαμβος paríambos and δίβραχυς díbrachys , German , two short ' , latin pyrrhichius or bibrevis ) referred to in the ancient Verslehre a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables is, after the Scheme ◡◡. It is thus a brachysyllabus and the shortest verse foot ever.

literature

Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 143.
Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 622.

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Pape : Concise dictionary of the Greek language. 3rd edition, Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1914, vol. 1, p. 614, vol. 2, p. 824.

[1] Wilhelm Pape : Concise dictionary of the Greek language. 3rd edition, Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1914, vol. 1, p. 614, vol. 2, p. 824.