Alcaic

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/ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/

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.

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Alcaic verse
OriginLatin Alcaicus ← Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός →
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Meanings

adjectiveAlcaic (comparative more Alcaic, superlative most Alcaic)

comparative more Alcaic · superlative most Alcaic

  1. 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.
nounAlcaic (plural Alcaics)

plural Alcaics

  1. in pluralAn Alcaic verse.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounverse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus

Similar
Alcaic verse
Broader
poemverse form
Also see
alcaic verse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἈλκαϊκός
  2. LatinAlcaicus
  3. EnglishAlcaic

From Latin Alcaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, Alcaeus + -ic.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός
  • Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós)pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
French alcaïque
  • alcaïquepertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
German alcäisch, alkäisch
  • alcäischpertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
  • alkäischpertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Greek αλκαϊκός
  • αλκαϊκός (alkaïkós)pertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Hungarian alkaioszi
  • alkaioszipertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Italian alcaico
  • alcaicopertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Latin Alcaicus
  • Alcaicuspertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Polish alcejski
  • alcejskipertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus
Portuguese alcaico
  • alcaicopertaining to a type of verse invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Alcaic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alcaic

MLA

“Alcaic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alcaic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alcaic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alcaic.

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