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τροχαῖος

τροχαῖος, running, tripping

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τροχαῖον masculine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of τροχαῖος

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τροχαῖος, α, ον, (τρόχος)
  • running, spinning, πανία (spools) AP 6.288 (Leon.).
    • II τροχαῖος (sc. πούς), ὁ, a trochee or foot consisting of a long and a short syllable (also called χορεῖος), Pl. R. 400b, etc.; used in quick time, Arist. Rh. 1408b36, cf. Po. 1452b24, and v. τροχερός:—hence,
      • 2 in Music, οἱ σαλπικταὶ τροχαῖόν τι συμβοήσαντες playing a brisk march, D.C. 56.22; τ. νόμος a tune in trochaic time, invented by Terpander, Plu. Mus. 2.1132d, cf. Poll. 4.65.
      • 3 tribrach (⏑⏑⏑), Quint. Inst. 9.4.82.
      • 4 τ. σημαντὸς ὁ ἐξ ὀκτασήμου θέσεως καὶ τετρασήμου ἄρσεως (⏘ ⏘ – –) Aristid.Quint. 1.16; τ. ἀπὸ ἰάμβου (⏑–|–⏑–⏑–⏑) ibid.
    • III τροχαῖα· μέσα ἐν κύβοις, ἢ ὁδός, ὡς Ῥίνθων (Fr. 26), Hsch. (perh. τρόχια and τροχιά).

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