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. Alcaïcus, 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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