Lewis & Short

† trŏchaeus, i, m., = τροχαῖος (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).

  1. I. A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (–⏑), a trochee, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.
  2. II. Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (⏑⏑⏑), a tribrach, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.