Alcaic
See also: alcaic
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin alcaicus, from Ancient Greek ἀλκαϊκός (alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editAlcaic (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
editpertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Noun
editAlcaic (plural Alcaics)
- (chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.