dochmius

noun

1. A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.

   Yet there is good reason to doubt the existence of any such; —good reason to think, that dochmiuses belong to the triple rhythm

Where it comes from

From Latin dochmius, from Ancient Greek δόχμιος (dókhmios, “oblique; dochmius”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dochmius (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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