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Meaning of ALCAIC

Pronunciation:  al'keyik

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
 

ALCAIC is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: Alcaic verse
 
 See Also: poem, verse form

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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