Complete Definition of "alcaic"

English

Etymology
From Latin alcaicus, from Greek αλκαικο�, from �λκαιο� �Alcaeus�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /æl'keɪɪk/

Adjective
alcaic

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

Noun
alcaic

  1. in plural alcaic verses

vi:alcaic

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