LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

spondīacus

spondīacus (feminine spondīaca, neuter spondīacum)
Classical[spɔnˈdiː.a.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[sponˈdiː.a.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivespondaic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespondīacusspondīacaspondīacum
genitivespondīacīspondīacaespondīacī
dativespondīacōspondīacaespondīacō
accusativespondīacumspondīacamspondīacum
ablativespondīacōspondīacāspondīacō
vocativespondīacespondīacaspondīacum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespondīacīspondīacaespondīaca
genitivespondīacōrumspondīacārumspondīacōrum
dativespondīacīsspondīacīsspondīacīs
accusativespondīacōsspondīacāsspondīaca
ablativespondīacīsspondīacīsspondīacīs
vocativespondīacīspondīacaespondīaca

spondīăcus (less correctly spondă-ĭcus), a, um, adj., = σπονδειακός,
I. consisting of spondees, spondaic: versus, Diom. p. 494 P.: tractus, Terentian. ap. Prisc. Metr. p. 1321 P.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπονδειακός (spondeiakós).

In English words that came into English from spondīacus

  • spondaicspondaicus

Quick answers

What does spondīacus mean in Latin?
spondīacus, a adjective, means “spondaic”.
How do you pronounce spondīacus?
In classical Latin, [spɔnˈdiː.a.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sponˈdiː.a.kus].