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Definition of: Sapphic
(saf′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to or in the manner of Sappho.
2. Denoting a meter or verse form used by Sappho, especially a stanza of three Sapphics followed by an Adonic.
—noun A line of trochaic pentameter with a dactyl in the third foot: much used by Sappho, Alcaeus, Horace, and other classical poets. [<F sapphique, saphique <L Sapphicus <Gk. Sapphikos <Sapphō Sappho]
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