English Dictionary

dochmius

noun

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

The dochmius is a type of worm found in tropical regions.

意味（1）

(poetry) 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