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ˈspɒn dispondee

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spondeenoun

    a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

Wiktionary

  1. spondeenoun

    A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

  2. Etymology: From spondeus, from σπονδεῖος.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Spondeenoun

    A foot of two long syllables.

    Etymology: spondée, French; spondœus, Latin.

    We see in the choice of the words the weight of the stone, and the striving to heave it up the mountain: clogs the verse with spondees, and leaves the vowels open. William Broome.

Wikipedia

  1. Spondee

    A spondee (Latin: spondeus) is a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed syllables in modern meters. The word comes from the Greek σπονδή, spondḗ, 'libation'.

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  1. spondee

    A spondee is a metrical foot in poetry that consists of two stressed syllables. It's used for variation or emphasis in poetic lines. This term is also used in music to denote a rhythm or beat consisting of two equally stressed notes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spondeenoun

    a poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges

  2. Etymology: [L. spondeus, Gr. (sc. ), fr. a drink offering, libation, fr. to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. sponde. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.]

Wikidata

  1. Spondee

    In poetry, a spondee is a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed syllables, as determined by stress in modern meters. The word comes from the Greek σπονδή, spondē, "libation". The spondee does not typically provide the basis for a metrical line. Instead, spondees are found as irregular feet in meter based on another type of foot. For example, the epics of Homer and Vergil are written in dactylic hexameter. This term suggests a line of six dactyls, but a spondee can be substituted in most positions. The first line of Vergil's Aeneid has the pattern dactyl-dactyl-spondee-spondee-dactyl-spondee: In classical meter spondees are easily identified because the distinction between long and short syllables is unambiguous. In English meter indisputable examples are harder to find because metrical feet are identified by stress, and stress is a matter of interpretation. For example, this line from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida seems to begin with two spondees: But some may argue that these are in fact regular iambs, with increased stress falling on the second "cry," and on "burns." Perhaps a better example is this from Othello,

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Spondee

    spon′dē, n. in classical poetry, a foot of two long syllables, as fātō.—adjs. Spondā′ic, -al, pertaining to, or consisting of, spondees. [Fr.,—L. spondēus (pes)—Gr. spondeios (pous), (a foot) of two syllables, so called because much used in the slow solemn hymns sung at a spondē or drink-offering—spendein, to pour out, make a libation.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spondee in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spondee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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