pyrrhic
pyrrhic:
I. The pyrrhic dance: in Gk. and Lat. a subs.; pyrrhĭcha, ae, and pyrrhĭchē, ēs, f. (πυῤῥίχη), said to be named from its inventor, Pyrrhus or Pyrrichius. Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: Solin. 11 (16). to dance the p., pyrrhicham saltare, Suet. Caes. 39: a dancer of the p., pyrrhĭchārĭus, Ulp. Dig. 48, 19, 8, fin.
II. The metrical foot, . expr. by the adj. of the preceding, pyrrhĭchĭus (πυῤῥίχιος), with or without pes, Quint. 9, 4, 80. The adj. may also be used for the pyrrhic phalanx, *phalanx pyrrhichia:
/* "Ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet: Where is the pyrrhic phalanx gone?" */
/*Byron. */
I. The pyrrhic dance: in Gk. and Lat. a subs.; pyrrhĭcha, ae, and pyrrhĭchē, ēs, f. (πυῤῥίχη), said to be named from its inventor, Pyrrhus or Pyrrichius. Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: Solin. 11 (16). to dance the p., pyrrhicham saltare, Suet. Caes. 39: a dancer of the p., pyrrhĭchārĭus, Ulp. Dig. 48, 19, 8, fin.
II. The metrical foot, . expr. by the adj. of the preceding, pyrrhĭchĭus (πυῤῥίχιος), with or without pes, Quint. 9, 4, 80. The adj. may also be used for the pyrrhic phalanx, *phalanx pyrrhichia:
/* "Ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet: Where is the pyrrhic phalanx gone?" */
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