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dispondee Pros.|daɪˈspɒndiː|
[ad. L. dispondēus, Gr. δισπόνδειος, f. di-2 + σπονδεῖος spondee. (Also used in L. form.)]
A double spondee.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Dispondæus (in Grammar), a double Spondee, a Foot in Greek or Latin Verse consisting of Four long Sylables; as ōrātōrēs. 1740Dyche & Pardon, Dispondee, in Latin Poetry, a foot consisting of four long syllables, or two spondees. 1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 241 One has no patience with the dispondæuses, the pæon primuses.
Hence disponˈdaic a., of or pertaining to a dispondee: cf. spondaic.
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