Crossword-Solution: BACCHIUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bacchius | n. | A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short. |
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| metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BACCHIUS (5)
Him also I must thank, that ever I heard first Bacchius, then Tandasis and Marcianus, and that I did write dialogues in my youth; and that I took liking to the philosophers' little couch and skins, and such other things, which by the Grecian discipline are proper to those who profess philosophy.
Well, in the days when Brutus held command, With praetor's rank, o'er Asia's wealthy land, Persius and King engage, a goodly pair, Like Bithus matched with Bacchius to a hair.
The foote [_Bacchius_] of a short and two long by this word [_re`si-sta-nce_] the foote [_Antibachius_] of two long and a short by this word [_e-xa-mple`_] the foote [_Amphimacer_] of a long a short & a long by this word [_co-nque`ri-ng_] the foote of [_Amphibrachus_] of a short a long and a short by this word [_re`me-mbe`r_] if a vowell follow.
The family sprang either from Bacchius, a son of Dionysus, or Bacchus, or from the fifth king of Corinth, who was named Bacchis.
BACCHIUS (L.--Gr.), a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables preceded or followed by a short syllable.