The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδόχμιος“oblique; dochmius”
- Latin · borrowed fromdochmius
- English todaydochmius
From Latin dochmius, from Ancient Greek δόχμιος (dókhmios, “oblique; dochmius”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dochmius
Today it means: A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long. Full definition →
Latin dochmius ← Ancient Greek δόχμιος