spondaic

[ spon-dey-ik ]

adjective

, Prosody.

1. of or relating to a spondee.
2. noting or constituting a spondee.
3. consisting of spondees; characterized by a spondee or spondees.

spondaic

/ spɒnˈdeɪɪk /

adjective

1. prosody of, relating to, or consisting of spondees

Word History and Origins

Origin of spondaic¹

1715–25; < Late Latin spondaicus, metathetic variant of spondīacus < Greek spondeiakós, equivalent to spondeî ( os ) spondee + -akos, variant of -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

Their first group singing of a Sunday consisted of Negro spirituals in spondaic and trochaic verse, and phrased in many minors.

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His versification is often hard and spondaic, the elisions too frequent, and the csura too much neglected.

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There is in its slow spondaic movement an eternity of tears.

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The result so far attained has been unsatisfactory, for the rhythms are all given as spondaic.

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If a line ends with two spondees it is a spondaic hexameter.

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