Alcaic
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.