spondaic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: spon=da=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

spondaic, a. [L. spondaicus, spondiacus, Gr. : cf. F. spondaïque.].

•  Of or pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.  [1913 Webster]
•  Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spondaic, adj.
1 of or concerning spondees.
2 (of a hexameter) having a spondee as a fifth foot.

Etymology

F sponda{iuml}que or LL spondaicus = LL spondiacus f. Gk spondeiakos (as SPONDEE)