trochaeus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos, “running”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /troˈkʰae̯.us/, [t̪rɔˈkʰäe̯ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /troˈke.us/, [t̪roˈkɛːus]

Noun

trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension

a trochee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trochaeus	trochaeī
Genitive	trochaeī	trochaeōrum
Dative	trochaeō	trochaeīs
Accusative	trochaeum	trochaeōs
Ablative	trochaeō	trochaeīs
Vocative	trochaee	trochaeī

Descendants

Czech: trochej
Danish: trokæ
Dutch: trochee
French: trochée
- English: trochee
German: Trochäus
Italian: trocheo
Polish: trochej
Portuguese: troqueu
Romanian: troheu
Russian: трохе́й (troxéj)
Spanish: troqueo
Swedish: troké

References

“trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“trochaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
trochaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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