trochaeus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /troˈkʰae̯.us/, [t̪rɔˈkʰäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /troˈke.us/, [t̪roˈkɛːus]

Noun

trochaeus m (genitive trochaeī); second declension

1. 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.