Meaning of ALCAIC
| Pronunciation: | | al'keyik
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| | Definition: | | [n] verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus |
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| | Synonyms: | | Alcaic verse |
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| | See Also: | | poem, verse form | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*ca"ic\, a. [L. Alca["i]cus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Alc[ae]us, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000
b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alc[ae]us. One
variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an
iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
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