Category:Sapphic

Sap"phic, a. Etym: [l. Sapphicus, gr.

1. Of or pertaining to sappho, the grecian poetess; as, sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.

2. (pros.)

Defn: 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.

Sapphic Sap"phic, n. (pros.)

Defn: a sapphic verse.