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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread trochal #131977 08/23/2004 1:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I checked, and today's WAD is indeed related to the metric foot trochee. http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=trochee&x=13&y=11 You learn something every day. How about the other feet? Dyadya Vanya -- oops, varaha? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trochal #131978 08/23/2004 1:36 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 19 Mt Meru varaha stranger varaha stranger Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 19 Mt Meru Well your Greeks, and by extension your Romans, got by with iamb, trochee, dactyl, anapest, and spondee, but your Brahmans named their meters, more than their feet. Gayatri has always been my favorite: 3 couplets of 8 syllables each. (Can be trochaic.) See the Rgveda III:62.10 for a famous example. The goddess Gayatri has 5 heads, 10 eyes (looking in 8 directions), and 10 arms holding weapons. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trochal #131979 08/25/2004 3:52 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Jomama member Jomama member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Trochal reminded me of trochar, so I was surprised to see its meaning--looked trochar up and it's from a whole other "family tree". So a trochal remark, i.e., is not (necessarily) pointed or piercing, just repetitious. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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