alcaic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'alcaic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Alcaic

[ a.]

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

2 . Alcaic

[ n.]

- 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.

alcade alcahest alcaid alcalde alcalimeter alcanna alcarraza alcarrazas alcayde alcazar

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