trochee

[ troh-kee ]

/ ˈtroʊ ki /

a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol:

Origin of trochee

1580–90; < Latin trochaeus < Greek ( poùs), trochaîos running (foot), equivalent to troch- (variant stem of tréchein to run) + -aios adj. suffix

A Trochee is a two-syllable foot accented on the first syllable.

English: Composition and Literature |W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The daintiest alternation of iambus and trochee is joined to the serpent's cunning in swiftly tripping dactyls.

Shandygaff |Christopher Morley
The choriambus is a verse-foot consisting of a trochee united with and preceding an iambus, -∪∪-.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various
The weak feet are those which have the most short syllables or end in a short syllable; as the Pyrrhic, the Trochee, the Tribrach.

Dissertation on the English Language |Noah Webster, Jr.

In the iambic and trochaic metres other feet are often substituted for the iambus and the trochee, but without change of rhythm.

A History of Roman Literature |Harold North Fowler

trochee

/ (ˈtrəʊkiː) /

prosody a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short (– ◡) Compare iamb

C16: via Latin from Greek trokhaios pous, literally: a running foot, from trekhein to run