alcaic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
    Alcaic verse.

WordNet

Al*ca"ic adjective
Etymology
L. Alcaïcus, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 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.

Webster 1913