spondee

• spondeus (archaic)

From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”): spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɒndi/

spondee (plural spondees)

1. (poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

• spondaic

• spondee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Pedones, depones

Borrowed from Latin spondeus.

• IPA^(key): /spɔnˈdeː/

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• Hyphenation: spon‧dee
• Rhymes: -eː

spondee m (plural spondeeën)

1. spondee

• spondeïsch

From French spondée.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspondeː/,
• Rhymes: -ondeː
• Hyphenation^(key): spon‧dee

spondee

1. A spondee.

• kaksipitkä

• “spondee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

spondēe

1. vocative singular of spondēus