Spondee Definition

spŏndē
noun
A metrical foot of two long or accented syllables.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spondee

Noun

Singular:
spondee
Plural:
spondees

Origin of Spondee

  • Middle English sponde from Old French spondee from Latin spondēum from neuter of spondēus of libations, spondaic from Greek spondeios from spondē libation (from its use in songs performed at libations) spend- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin spondÄ“us (“spondee"), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeios, “associated with a libation") from σπονδή (spondÄ“, “libation")- spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.

    From Wiktionary

Spondee Sentence Examples

  • On the other hand, the Alexandrians admitted a spondee in the fifth foot, especially when the verse ends with a quadrisyllable.

  • Admitted soon after into the counting-house of a friend of his family, he "turned his stool into a Pegasus on three legs, every foot, of course, being a dactyl or a spondee"; but the uncongenial profession affected his health, which was never strong, and he was transferred to the care of his father's relations at Dundee.

  • S(= selectae), in which a spondee is substituted for a trochee in the cadence, e.g.

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