alcaic

Speech parts

1. alcaic - Noun

2. alcaic - Adjective

Meaning

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

A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Alcaic verse ionic homeric sapphic pindaric anacreontic

Hypernyms

poem verse form

Anagrams

cicala calcia Calica

Examples

Tarrant, Ancient receptions of Horace, 279) Statius paid homage to Horace by composing one poem in Sapphic and one in Alcaic meter (the verse forms most often associated with Odes), which he included in his collection of occasional poems, Silvae. Source: Internet

Fulvius Ursinus compiled a fuller collection of Alcaic fragments, including a commentary, which was published at Antwerp in 1568. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Alcaeus alcaftadine alcahest Alcaic verse alcaid alcaide