alcaic

English

Etymology

From Latin alcaicus, from Greek ἀλκαϊκός, from Ἀλκαῖος ‘Alcaeus’.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ælˈkeɪɪk/

Adjective

alcaic (comparative more alcaic, superlative most alcaic)

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

Translations

pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus

Greek: αλκαϊκός (el) (alkaïkós)
Hungarian: alkaioszi

Portuguese: alcaico

Noun

alcaic (plural alcaics)

(in the plural) alcaic verses

Anagrams

calcia, cicala

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