SAPPHIC

sapphic. Sapphic, a. pertaining to Sappho a Grecian poetess

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Sap″phic (?), a. [[L. Sapphicus, Gr. �, fr. � Sappho.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
2. 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.