Amphibrach

Am″phi‐brach (ăm″fĭ‐brăk), n. [L. �, Gr. � short at both ends; αμφἴ + βραχύσ short.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⏑ — ⏑); as, hăbērĕ. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet″ic.