ALCAICS

Noun

Alcaics

plural of Alcaic

Anagrams

• cicalas

Source: Wiktionary


ALCAIC

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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