spondeus
οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
Latin > English
spondeus spondei N M :: spondee (metrical foot of 2 long syllables)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spondēus: (spondīus; sometimes incorrectly written spondaeus), i, m., = σπονδεῖος, of or belonging to libations; hence,
I substt.
A spondēum, i, n., a vessel used in making libations, App. M. 11, p. 266, 26.—
B (Because of its prolonged, solemn character.) A spondee (metrical foot), Cic. Or. 64, 216; Quint. 9, 4, 80 sq.; Hor. A. P. 256; Aus. Ep. 21, 42.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spondēus¹⁶ (-īus), ī, m. (σπονδεῖος), spondée [pied métrique formé de deux lon- gues] : Cic. Or. 216.
Latin > German (Georges)
spondēus (spondīus), a, um (σπονδειος), zu den Libationen gehörig, subst., I) spondēum, ī, n., ein Gefäß zur Libation, Apul. met. 11, 20. – II) spondēus (spondīus) u. spondēos, ī, m. (sc. pes), der (in den langsamen, feierlichen Melodien der Libationsgesänge bes. gebrauchte) Versfuß – –, der Spondeus, Cic. u.a., Form eos, Ter. Maur. 2312 u. (Akk. -eon) 2201 u.a. – meton., ein Gedicht aus Spondeen, Cic. bei Boëth. inst. mus. 1, 1. p. 158, 2 u. 15 Fr.
