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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| Clue | Answers |
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| metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones | 1 answer |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MEEZCA
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eruption
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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.