Tribrachys

Tribrachys ( Greek  τρίβραχυς "three times short") describes in ancient verse a simple verse foot of three short syllables according to the scheme ◡◡◡, which occurs in metrical forms only as the resolution of the iambus or trochaeus . “Dissolution” means that the long syllable of the foot of the verse is replaced by two short ones.

The Tribrachys occasionally to ancient authors as Choreios called, what else is synonymous with the Trochäus is.

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. 240.
• Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 780.