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spondaical

spondaical


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spondaic  \Spon*da"ic\,  Spondaical  \Spon*da"ic*al\,  a.  [L. 
  spondaicus  spondiacus  Gr  ?:  cf  F.  sponda["i]que.] 
  1.  Or  of  pertaining  to  a  spondee;  consisting  of  spondees. 
 
  2.  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.