Alcaic
English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ALCAICCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ALCAIC Alcaicus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALCAIC Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, Alcaeus + -icCategory:English terms suffixed with -ic#ALCAIC.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Alcaic (comparative more Alcaic, superlative most Alcaic)Category:English lemmas#ALCAICCategory:English adjectives#ALCAICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALCAICCategory:Pages with entries#ALCAICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALCAIC
- 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.
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Noun
Alcaic (plural Alcaics)Category:English lemmas#ALCAICCategory:English nouns#ALCAICCategory:English countable nouns#ALCAICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALCAICCategory:Pages with entries#ALCAICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALCAIC
- (chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.