spondee

[ spon-dee ]

nounProsody.
  1. a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: 

Origin of spondee

1
1350–1400; Middle English sponde<Latin spondēus<Greek spondeîos, derivative of spondḗ libation

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spondee

/ (ˈspɒndiː) /


noun
  1. prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)

Origin of spondee

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C14: 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

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