Spon-dā'ic or Spon-dā'ic-al, a.

a. [Fr. spondaïque, It. spondaico, Sp. espondaico, Lat. spondaicus, Gr. σπονδειακός.]

1. Pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.
2. Composed of spondees in excess; as, a spondaic hexameter, which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.