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sap·phic
(săf′ĭk)adj.
[After Sappho, known for her homoerotic poetry.]
sap′phist n. & adj.
Sap·phic
(săf′ĭk)adj.2.a. Of, relating to, or being a verse characteristic of Sappho, containing 11 syllables and consisting of a trochee, a spondee or trochee, a dactyl, a trochee, and a spondee or trochee.
b. Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
Sophistes
c. Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas.
d. Of, relating to, or being a verse, stanza, or poem in accentual-syllabic meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.
n.
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sapphist
(ˈsæfɪst)n
Sophister
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