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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Alcaic
Alcaic
n : verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting
of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by
Alcaeus [syn:
Alcaic verse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alcaic
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 dactyls.
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