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Al·ca·ic

[al-key-ik]
adjective
1.
pertaining to Alcaeus or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by, or named after, him.
noun
2.
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.

Origin:
1620–30; < Late Latin Alcaicus < Greek Alkaïkós, equivalent to Alka(îos) Alcaeus + -ikos -ic

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Alcaic (ælˈkeɪɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of or relating to a metre used by the 7th-century bc Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, consisting of a strophe of four lines each with four feet
 
n
2.  (usually plural) verse written in the Alcaic form
 
[C17: from Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus]

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