Associations to the word «Amphibrach»

Wiktionary

AMPHIBRACH, noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
AMPHIBRACH, noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).

Dictionary definition

AMPHIBRACH, noun. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche