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Al·ca·ic
/
ælˈkeɪ
ɪk
/
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al-
key
-ik
]
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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)
—
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]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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