Pronunciations (2)
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/ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/
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ælˈkeɪɪk
Adjective
Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600 BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented.
Noun
An Alcaic verse.
Usage- in-plural
Noun
verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
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