a. - Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as,
Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
a. - 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.