An’ti-bac-chĭ’us, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. antibacchius, Gr. ἀντιβακχεῖος, from ἀντί, against, and βακχεῖος (sc. πούς), the Bacchic (metrical) foot.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short; as, ămĭbrē,—opposed to the bacchius, in which the first syllable is short and the two last long.