Alcaic

See also: alcaic

English

Etymology

From Latin alcaicus, from Ancient Greek ἀλκαϊκός (alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/

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.

Translations

pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus

French: alcaïque (fr)
Greek: αλκαϊκός (el) (alkaïkós)
Hungarian: alkaioszi
Polish: alcejski
Portuguese: alcaico

Noun

Alcaic (plural Alcaics)

(chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.

Anagrams

calcia, cicala

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