τροχαῖος

A. running, spinning, πανία (spools) AP 6.288 (Leon.).

II. τροχαῖος (sc. πούς), ὁ, a trochee or foot consisting of a long and a short syllable (also called χορεῖος), Pl. R. 400b, etc.; used in quick time, Arist. Rh. 1408b36, cf. Po. 1452b24, and v. τροχερός :—hence,

2. in Music, οἱ σαλπικταὶ τροχαῖόν τι συμβοήσαντες playing a brisk march, D.C. 56.22; τ. νόμος a tune in trochaic time, invented by Terpander, Plu. 2.1132d, cf. Poll. 4.65.

3. tribrach (^ ^ ^), Quint. Inst. 9.4.82.

4. τ. σημαντὸς ὁ ἐξ ὀκτασήμου θέσεως καὶ τετ ρασήμου ἄρσεως (<*> ) Aristid.Quint. 1.16; τ. ἀπὸ ἰάμβου (|) ibid.

III. τροχαῖα· μέσα ἐν κύβοις, ἢ ὁδός, ὡς Ῥίνθων (Fr. 26), Hsch. (perh. τρόχια and τροχιά).