pyrrhic$65901$ - translation to dutch
METRICAL FOOT, CONSISTS OF TWO UNACCENTED, SHORT SYLLABLES
Dibrach; Pyrrhic (verse metre); Pyric; Phyrric; Pyrrhic foot
pyrrhic
n. pyrriche, Oudgriekse volkskrijgsdans
Pyrrhic victory
VICTORY AT AN UNSUSTAINABLE COST
Pyrrhic Victory; Phyrric victory; Pyhrric victory; Empty victory; Pyhrric Victory; Pyrrhic defeat; Pyrhhic victory; Winning the battle but losing the war; Hollow victory; Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrus overwinning, schijnsucces (een overwinning met veel slachtoffers, wat nauwelijks een overwinning te noemen is)
Definition
pyrrhic
pyrrhic1 ['p?r?k]
¦ adjective (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Origin
C19: from the name of Pyrrhus, a Greek king who invaded Italy and defeated the Romans in 279 BC but sustained heavy losses, + -ic.
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pyrrhic2 ['p?r?k]
¦ noun a metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables.
¦ adjective written in or based on pyrrhics.
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk purrhikhios (pous) 'pyrrhic (foot)', the metre of a song accompanying a war dance, named after Purrhikhos, inventor of the dance.
Wikipedia
Pyrrhic
A pyrrhic (; Greek: πυρρίχιος pyrrichios, from πυρρίχη pyrrichē) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short syllables. It is also known as a dibrach.
