Alcaic
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See also: alcaic
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin alcaicus, from Ancient Greek ἀλκαϊκός (alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Alcaic (comparative more Alcaic, superlative most Alcaic)
- Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600 BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented.
Translations[edit]
pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Noun[edit]
Alcaic (plural Alcaics)
- (chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.