noun a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
WordNet
Spon"dee noun
Etymology
L. spondeus, Gr. (sc. ), fr. a drink offering, libation, fr. to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.
Definitions
(pros.)A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
