Definition of Alcaic

1. Noun. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus.

Exact synonyms: Alcaic Verse
Generic synonyms: Poem, Verse Form

Definition of Alcaic

1. a. Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.

Definition of Alcaic

1. Adjective. pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented ¹

2. Noun. (in the plural) alcaic verses ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alcaic

1. a type of verse form [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcaic

albumosuria
albums
alburn
alburnous
alburnum
alburnums
albuterol
albuterols
albutoin
alc
alcade
alcades
alcaftadine
alcahest
alcahests
alcaic (current term)
alcaics
alcaid
alcaide
alcaides
alcaids
alcalde
alcaldes
alcalescent
alcaligenes
alcalimeter
alcalimeters
alcanna
alcapton

Literary usage of Alcaic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"Horace's alcaic Strophe. By LEON JOSIAH RICHARDSON. University of California Publications: Classical Philology I, No. 6, 1907. Pp. 175 + 204. $0.25. ..."

2. The Classical Journal (1825)
"REMARKS ON The Latin alcaic and Sapphic Metre, as exhibited in the Odes of Horace. London : Cowie & Co. 1824. pp. 24. I AM naturally much pleased to find ..."

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