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ALCAIC
Alcaic, Alcaic verse
(noun) verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
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.
Noun
Alcaic (plural Alcaics)
(in the plural) An Alcaic verse.
Anagrams
• calcia, cicala
Source: Wiktionary
Al*ca"ic, a. Etym: [L. AlcaĂŻcus, Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
– n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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