Sapphic

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
	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.
n.	1.	(Pros.) A Sapphic verse.

Adj.	1.	sapphic - a meter used by Sappho and named after her
	2.	sapphic - of female homosexuality Synonyms: lesbian

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