"spondee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɒndi/ Forms: spondees [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|spondēus||spondee}} Latin spondēus (“spondee”), {{der|en|grc|σπονδεῖος||associated with a libation}} Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spondee (plural spondees)
  1. (poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed. Categories (topical): Poetry, Prosody Synonyms: spondeus [archaic] Derived forms: spondaic Translations (word of two syllables): σπονδεῖος (spondeîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), espondeu [masculine] (Catalan), 揚揚格 (Chinese Mandarin), 扬扬格 (yángyánggé) (Chinese Mandarin), spondæ [common-gender] (Danish), spondee [masculine] (Dutch), spondeo (Esperanto), spondee (Finnish), kaksipitkä (Finnish), spondée [masculine] (French), Spondeus [masculine] (German), σπονδείος (spondeíos) [masculine] (Greek), spondeus (Hungarian), spondeo (Ido), spoindé [masculine] (Irish), スポンデー (supondē) (Japanese), 長長格 (chōchōkaku) (alt: ちょうちょうかく) (Japanese), spondej [masculine] (Polish), espondeu [masculine] (Portuguese), спонде́й (spondéj) [masculine] (Russian), कर्ण (kárṇa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), espondeo [masculine] (Spanish), spondé [common-gender] (Swedish)

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