II. Sapphic·adj Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
III. Sapphic·adj 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.