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Alcmanian, a.|ælkˈmeɪnɪən|
Also Alcˈmanic.
[f. L. Alcmānius, f. Alcmān, Gr. ἀλκµάν, the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 7th c. b.c.]
Used to designate a dactylic tetrameter, or a distich consisting of a dactylic hexameter followed by this verse. Also n., an Alcmanian verse or distich. (See also quot. 1853.)
1850P. Smith in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Biogr. I. 107/1 The shorter dactylic lines into which Alcman broke up the Homeric hexameter... The Cretic hexameter was named Alcmanic, from his [Alcman] being its inventor. 1853Encycl. Brit. II. 453/1 Alcmanian, an ancient lyric kind of verse, consisting of two dactyles and two trochees: as Virgini{vb}bus pue{vb}risque{vb} canto. 1879J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt's Rhythmic & Metric 95 The Alcmanian group, consisting of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic tetrameter. 1962D. S. Raven Greek Metre 84 Alcmanic, a name given to the dactylic tetrameter –{union}{union}–{union}{union}–{union}{union}–(–).., and, in Latin, to its combination by Horace with the hexameter. |