Definition of Spondaic. Meaning of Spondaic. Synonyms of Spondaic

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Definition of Spondaic

Spondaic
Spondaic Spon*da"ic, Spondaical Spon*da"ic*al, a. [L. spondaicus, spondiacus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sponda["i]que.] 1. Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees. 2. Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.

Meaning of Spondaic from wikipedia

- spondḗ, 'libation'. Sometimes libations were accompanied by hymns in spondaic rhythm, as in the following hymn by the Gr**** poet Terpander (7th century...
- can be iambic (one of three two-syllable meters alongside trochaic and spondaic) or dactylic (one of two three-syllable meters alongside anapestic). Portal:...
- boat on a river with [...] (The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") Spondaic tetrameter: Long sounds move slow Pyrrhic tetrameter (with spondees ["white...
- rhyming scheme, using two quatrains of rhymed iambic pentameter with several spondaic substitutions. These make the poem's reading experience seem close to a...
- later epicists almost invariably adhered to. For example, Homer allows spondaic fifth feet (albeit not often), whereas many later authors do not. Homer...
- σπένδειν (spéndein), σπονδή, σπονδάς (spondḗ, spondás), σπονδεῖος, σπονδικός spondaic, Sponde, spondee sper- hope Latin spes, sperare despair, desperado, desperate...
- Mastelotto. The Window (1999) Scriptless Verse (2002) Sinuosity (2005) Spondaic Oblation (2007) NUDITYSUTRA (2014) Chadwick, Alex (January 4, 2005). "Tabla...
- the first one long or stressed and the other two short or unstressed. Spondaic – two syllables, with two successive long or stressed syllables. Some forms...
- and mixing 2011 Lesser Key Lesser Key Tracking and mixingAloke Dutta Spondaic Oblation Recording 2011 Crone Endless Midnight Mixing 2011 Blood, Sweat...
- 2; p. 31. Radford, R. S. (1920). "The Juvenile Works of Ovid and the Spondaic Period of His Metrical Art". Transactions and Proceedings of the American...