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spondee

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspɒndiː/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spon′dē)

spon•dee (spon′dē),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]

Poetrya foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter.

Greek spondeîos, derivative of spondé̄ libation
Latin spondēus
Middle English sponde 1350–1400

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spondee /ˈspɒndiː/ n

a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies

'spondee' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

hexameter - Adonic - Asclepiadean - choliambus - spondaic

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