Sap"phic (?), a. [L. Sapphicus, Gr. , fr. Sappho.]
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
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Sap"phic, n. Pros.
A Sapphic verse.
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