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

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

From Project Gutenberg

But in both cases I preferred to lock up by the massy spondaic variety; yet never forgetting to premise a dancing dactyle—'many a'—and 'pinion of.'

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In the series of dactylic lines 17-22, Catullus no doubt intended to convey the idea of rapidity, as, in the spondaic line immediately following, of labour.

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All the chorals that carry it have substantially the same movement—for the spondaic accent of the long lines is compulsory—but their offerings sing “to one clear harp in divers tones.”

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

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