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alcaic, a. and n.|ælˈkeɪɪk|
Also 7 alch-.
[ad. L. alcaic-us, a. Gr. ἀλκαικ-ός; f. ἀλκαῖ-ος prop. name of a lyric poet of Mytilene about 600 b.c.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Alcæus, or pertaining to the kind of verse invented by him.
a1637B. Jonson To Himself (J.) Leave things so prostitute And take th' Alcaick lute. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The Alcaic Ode consists of four strophes, each of which contains four verses. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 379 The Alcaic and Sapphic metres.
B. n. in pl. Alcaic strophes.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 161/1 If a Poet should examine thee Of Numbers, Figures, Trimeters, Alchaicks. 1793Southey Nondescr. i. Wks. III. 57 In sapphics sweetly incensed; glorified In proud alcaics. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. viii. 118 Smooth Eton Alcaics. |