spondee

[Spon·dee]

A metrical unit with stressed stressed syllables

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A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word l'c7g'c7s.

Noun
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables


n.
A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.


Spondee

Spon"dee , n. [L. spondeus, Gr. (sc. ), fr. a drink offering, libation, fr. to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. spond'82e. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word l'c7g'c7s.

A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word l'c7g'c7s.

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