Alcaic

UK: /ælˈkeɪɪk/ US: (al kā′ik)

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Al•ca•ic  (al kā′ik), adj. 

1. Poetry pertaining to Alcaeus or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by, or named after, him.

n. 

2. Poetry Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.

• Greek Alkaïkós, equivalent. to Alka(îos) Alcaeus + -ikos -ic
• Late Latin Alcaicus
• 1620–30

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Alcaic / ælˈkeɪɪk/ adjective

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

noun

1. (usually plural) verse written in the Alcaic form

Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus