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Alcaic   Listen
noun
Alcaic  n.  A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.



adjective
Alcaic  adj.  Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.






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... (p. lxviii) and the Sapphic (p. lxiv) and Alcaic (p. lxix) strophes have already been described. These may be rimed, ...
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