Alcaic Definition
ăl-kāĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a verse form used in Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of strophes of four lines following one of several metrical patterns.
American Heritage
Of Alcaeus or in the form of his verse.
Webster's New World
Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented.
Wiktionary
noun
Verse composed in such a form.
American Heritage
Verse by Alcaeus or in his metrical patterns, consisting of four-stanza odes, with four lines to a stanza.
Webster's New World
(in the plural) Alcaic verses.
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Noun
Singular:
Alcaic
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alcaicsOrigin of Alcaic
Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus from Greek Alkaïkos from Alkaios Alcaeus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin alcaicus, from Greek αλκαικος, from Αλκαιος ‘Alcaeus’.
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