Alcaic

See also: alcaic

English

Etymology

From Latin alcaicus, from Ancient Greek ἀλκαϊκός (alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/

Adjective

Alcaic (comparative more Alcaic, superlative most Alcaic)

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

Translations

pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus

• French: alcaïque (fr)
• Greek: αλκαϊκός (el) (alkaïkós)
• Hungarian: alkaioszi
• Polish: alcejski
• Portuguese: alcaico

Noun

Alcaic (plural Alcaics)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.

Anagrams

• calcia, cicala