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Definition of Sapphic
Sap´phic | a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. | | 2. | (Pros.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; - said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl. | | n. | 1. | (Pros.) A Sapphic verse. |
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