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Webster 1913 Edition
Spondee
Spon′dee
(spŏn′dē)
, Noun.
[L.
spondeus
, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]), fr. [GREEK] a drink offering, libation, fr. [GREEK] to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. spondée
. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (Pros.)
A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word lēgēs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spondee
SPONDEE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
spondee
spondee
English
Noun
spondee (plural spondees)
- A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
Derived terms
Translations
word of two syllables
Finnish
Noun
spondee
- A spondee.
Declension
| Inflection of spondee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spondee | spondeet | |
| genitive | spondeen | spondeiden spondeitten |
|
| partitive | spondeeta | spondeita | |
| illative | spondeehen spondeeseen |
spondeihin spondeisiin |
|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | spondee | spondeet | |
| accusative | nom. | spondee | spondeet |
| gen. | spondeen | ||
| genitive | spondeen | spondeiden spondeitten |
|
| partitive | spondeeta | spondeita | |
| inessive | spondeessa | spondeissa | |
| elative | spondeesta | spondeista | |
| illative | spondeehen spondeeseen |
spondeihin spondeisiin |
|
| adessive | spondeella | spondeilla | |
| ablative | spondeelta | spondeilta | |
| allative | spondeelle | spondeille | |
| essive | spondeena | spondeina | |
| translative | spondeeksi | spondeiksi | |
| instructive | — | spondein | |
| abessive | spondeetta | spondeitta | |
| comitative | — | spondeineen | |