Alcaic — Al*ca ic, a. [L. Alca[ i]cus, Gr. ?.] Pertaining to Alc[ae]us, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. n. A kind of verse, so called from Alc[ae]us. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alcaic — [al kā′ik] adj. of Alcaeus or in the form of his verse n. [usually pl.] verse by Alcaeus or in his metrical patterns, consisting of four stanza odes, with four lines to a stanza … English World dictionary
Alcaic — /al kay ik/, adj. 1. pertaining to Alcaeus or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by, or named after, him. n. 2. Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes. [1620 30; < LL Alcaicus < Gk Alkaïkós, equiv. to Alka(îos) ALCAEUS + ikos IC] * … Universalium
alcaic — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios Alcaeus, fl ab 600 B.C. Greek poet Date: circa 1637 relating to or written in a verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
alcaic — 1. adjective /ælˈkeɪɪk/ pertaining to , a Greek lyric poet of around 600BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four line stanza which he supposedly invented 2. noun /ælˈkeɪɪk/ alcaic verses … Wiktionary
Alcaic — /ælˈkeɪɪk/ (say al kayik) adjective 1. relating to certain metres or a form of strophe or stanza used by, or named after, the poet Alcaeus. –noun 2. (plural) Alcaic verses or strophes. {named after Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of Mytilene (now… …
Alcaic — adj. & n. adj. of the verse metre invented by Alcaeus, lyric poet of Mytilene c.600 BC, occurring in four line stanzas. n. (in pl.) alcaic verses. Etymology: LL alcaicus f. Gk alkaikos f. Alkaios Alcaeus … Useful english dictionary
Alcaic verse — (sometimes called Anacreontic verse) is a Greek lyrical meter, traditionally believed to have been invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, about 600 BC. The Alcaic verse and the Sapphic stanza named for Alcaeus… … Wikipedia
alcaic Prosody — [al keɪɪk] adjective written in or denoting a verse metre occurring in four line stanzas. noun (alcaics) alcaic verse. Origin C17: via late L. from Gk alkaikos, from Alkaios Alcaeus (c.620–c.580 BC), Greek lyric poet … English new terms dictionary
Alcaic strophe — noun 1. A verse form much used by Horace, consisting of two eleven syllable Alcaics: ˘̲–˘––/–˘˘–˘˘̲, followed by a nine syllable: ˘̲–˘–––˘–˘, and a ten syllable: –˘˘–˘˘–˘–˘ 2. Imitated by Tennyson in ‘O mighty mouth d inventor of harmonies’ • • • … Useful english dictionary
