Alcaic

From Latin alcaicus, from Ancient Greek ἀλκαϊκός (alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”).

• IPA^(key): /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/

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.

Alcaic (plural Alcaics)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An Alcaic verse.

• calcia, cicala