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dipody Pros.|ˈdɪpədɪ|
[ad. L. dipodia (also in Eng. use), a. Gr. διποδία two-footedness, dipody, f. δίπους, διποδ- two-footed, f. δι-, di-2 + πούς, ποδ- foot.]
A double foot; two feet constituting a single measure.
1844Beck & Felton tr. Munk's Metres 16 A series of one foot is called a monopody; of two feet, a dipody. 1859J. W. Donaldson Grk. Gram. 646 The simplest form of this dactylic dipodia is the Adonius, which finishes off the Sapphic stanza. 1882Goodwin Grk. Gram. 317 In trochaic, iambic, and anapæstic verses, which are measured by dipodies (i.e. pairs of feet), a monometer consists of one dipody (or two feet), a dimeter of four feet. 1891Harper's Mag. Mar. 576/2 [Folk-songs] in Hungarian music consisting of dipodies, tetrapodies, tripodies, pentapodies, and hexapodies. |