AMPHIBRACHIUS, the Name of a Foot in the Latin and Greek Poetry; consisting of three Syllables, the first and last whereof are short, and that in the middle long. See FOOT, and VERSE. Such is the Word Amare. The Word comes from αμφί, around, and βραχύς, brevis, short; i.e., a Foot short at both Ends, and long in the middle.
