DACTYLIC Verses are hexameter verses, ending in a dactyl instead of a spondee; as spondaic verses are those which have a spondee in the fifth foot instead of a dactyl.
An instance of a dactylic verse we have in Virgil;
Bis patriæ cecidere manus; quin protinus omnia
Perlegerent oculos.—ÆN. vi. 33.