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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ALCAIC
a.Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the forty-fourth Olympiad; or to other poets of the same name, of which three are mentioned; one an Athenian tragic poet, and another a Messenian.
ALCAICS
n.plu. Several kinds of verse; so called from Alcaeus, their inventor. One kind consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable and two dactyls.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALCAIC
Al *ca "ic, a. Etym: [L. Alcaïcus, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
New American Oxford Dictionary
alcaic
al ca ic |alˈkā -ik ælˈkeɪɪk |Prosody ▶adjective a four-line verse stanza in the meter invented by the Greek poet Alcaeus, and later used in a slightly altered form by the Roman poet Horace. ▶noun (usu. alcaics ) alcaic verse. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek alkaikos, from Alkaios (see Alcaeus ).
Oxford Dictionary
alcaic
alcaic |alˈkeɪɪk |Prosody ▶adjective using or denoting a verse metre occurring in four-line stanzas. ▶plural noun ( alcaics ) alcaic verse. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek alkaikos, from Alkaios (see Alcaeus ).
Spanish Dictionary
alcaicería
alcaicería nombre femenino Recinto comercial de las antiguas ciudades islámicas donde se vendían artículos de precios elevados .
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