Trochee

Trochee comes from French trochée, adapted from Latin trochaeus, originally from the Greek τροχός, trokhós, 'wheel',[2] from the phrase τροχαῖος πούς, trokhaîos poús, 'running foot';[3] it is connected with the word τρέχω, trékhō, 'I run'.

The less-often used word choree comes from χορός, khorós, 'dance'; both convey the "rolling" rhythm of this metrical foot.

Since the stress never falls on the final syllable in Medieval Latin, the language is ideal for trochaic verse.

[7] In Greek and Latin, the syllabic structure deals with long and short syllables, rather than accented and unaccented.

Trochaic meter was rarely used by the Latin poets in the classical period, except in certain passages of the tragedies and the comedies.