Spōn'dee, n.

n. [Fr. spondée, It. spondeo, Sp. espondeo, Lat. spondeus, Gr. σπονδεῖος (sc. πούς), from σπονδή, a drink-offering, libation, so called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (Pros.) A poetic foot of two long syllables.