Alcaicn.adj.

Brit.

/alˈkeɪɪk/, U.S.

/ælˈkeɪɪk/

Forms: 1600s Alcaick, 1600s Alcaïck, 1600s Alchaick, 1600s– Alcaic, 1800s Alcäic, 1800s– Alcaeic, 1800s– Alkaic. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Alcaicum; Latin Alcaicus.

Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin Alcaicum (from 3rd cent. in grammarians), use as noun (short for Alcaicum metrum Alcaic metre) of neuter of Alcaicus (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin Alcaicus (of poetic metre) used by Alcaeus (from 3rd cent. in grammarians) < Hellenistic Greek Ἀλκαικός < ancient Greek Ἀλκαῖος (classical Latin Alcaeus ) (name of) a lyric poet of Mytilene on Lesbos (fl. c600 b.c.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French alcaïque, adjective (1577).

Prosody.

A. n.

A poem, strophe (stanza), or line written in Alcaic metre (see sense B.). Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > quatrain > other quatrains

quartet1605

englyn1612

Alcaic1630

redondilla1703

rubai1789

1630 J. Taylor Wks. 161/1 If a Poet should examine thee Of Numbers, Figures, Trimeters, Alchaicks.

1684 T. Creech tr. Horace Odes i. xxvi, in tr. Horace Odes, Satyrs, & Epist. (new ed.) 37 You, Muse, and all the Nine should raise In new Alcaïcks [L. fidibus nouis] Lamia's praise.

1762 Crit. Rev. Aug. 100 Gomarus imagined that he found in the Hebrew poetry, every kind of verse used by Sophocles, Pindar, and other lyric poets; such as Iambics, Alcaics, Sapphics, &c.

1799 R. Southey Nondescripts i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 57 In sapphics sweetly incensed; glorified In proud alcaics.

1851 Tennyson in Life (1897) I. 341 A far-off echo of the Horatian Alcaic.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. viii. 111 Smooth Eton Alcäics.

1883 G. A. Simcox Hist. Lat. Lit. II. 356 St. Agnes, whose legend is given in very spirited major alcaics.

1906 Musical Times 47 45/1 The programme opened with the Latin ‘Carmen Berkhamstediense’, whose stately alcaics, set to fitting music, always form a feature of the evening.

1954 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 75 216 He wrote at least two poems in Alcaics describing the fortunes of stasis in terms of the imagery of a storm-beaten ship.

2004 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Nov. 25 His method with Holderlin is to match his Greek rhythms, alcaics, alcmenics and so forth, and hence to write a classically inflected, non-iambic English poetry.

B. adj.

Written or composed in a metre traditionally attributed to Alcaeus; relating to or characteristic of this metre or verse written in it.An Alcaic strophe in Greek and Latin poetry consists of four metrical units or lines, two of eleven syllables, followed by one of nine syllables and one of ten, each with a distinctive pattern of long and short syllables, and with a word-end after the fifth syllable in each of the first two lines. The metrical pattern of each line is used in other types of stanza and other forms of verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > metre of specific poets

Sapphic?1553

Alcaic1631

Alcmanic1718

1631 B. Jonson New Inne Ode to Himselfe 42 Leaue things so prostitute, And take the Alcaick Lute.

1698 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. X. xi. 144 The Passion of St. Lucia in Alcaick Verse.

a1730 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (1731) II. i. ii. 100 The smaller Alcaic verse with a Molosse interpos'd.

1838 A. H. Clough Diary 22 Feb. (1990) II. ii. 11 I have..only done my 12 Elegiacs and 2 or 3 Alcaic Stanzas.

1842 C. Anthon Syst. Lat. Prosody & Metre 194 The Alcaic Stanza. This consists of four lines: the first two are Alcaic hendecasyllabics, or Greater Alcaics.

1917 L. T. Butler Exercises Lat. Versification ii. 102 Alcaic verse is considered one of the most difficult measures found among the works of Horace.

1974 G. M. Kirkwood Early Greek Monody i. 9 There is more difference between a Pindaric ode and an Alcaic hymn than between a Pindaric hymn and a Pindaric epinician.

2002 R. Warren in A. Finch & K. Varnes Exaltation of Forms 90 The drama of faith in the Countess of Pembroke's Psalm 120..may be the first alcaic poem in English.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alcaic
释义	Alcaicn.adj. Brit. /alˈkeɪɪk/, U.S. /ælˈkeɪɪk/ Forms: 1600s Alcaick, 1600s Alcaïck, 1600s Alchaick, 1600s– Alcaic, 1800s Alcäic, 1800s– Alcaeic, 1800s– Alkaic. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Alcaicum; Latin Alcaicus. Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin Alcaicum (from 3rd cent. in grammarians), use as noun (short for Alcaicum metrum Alcaic metre) of neuter of Alcaicus (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin Alcaicus (of poetic metre) used by Alcaeus (from 3rd cent. in grammarians) < Hellenistic Greek Ἀλκαικός < ancient Greek Ἀλκαῖος (classical Latin Alcaeus ) (name of) a lyric poet of Mytilene on Lesbos (fl. c600 b.c.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French alcaïque, adjective (1577). Prosody. A. n. A poem, strophe (stanza), or line written in Alcaic metre (see sense B.). Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > quatrain > other quatrains quartet1605 englyn1612 Alcaic1630 redondilla1703 rubai1789 1630 J. Taylor Wks. 161/1 If a Poet should examine thee Of Numbers, Figures, Trimeters, Alchaicks. 1684 T. Creech tr. Horace Odes i. xxvi, in tr. Horace Odes, Satyrs, & Epist. (new ed.) 37 You, Muse, and all the Nine should raise In new Alcaïcks [L. fidibus nouis] Lamia's praise. 1762 Crit. Rev. Aug. 100 Gomarus imagined that he found in the Hebrew poetry, every kind of verse used by Sophocles, Pindar, and other lyric poets; such as Iambics, Alcaics, Sapphics, &c. 1799 R. Southey Nondescripts i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 57 In sapphics sweetly incensed; glorified In proud alcaics. 1851 Tennyson in Life (1897) I. 341 A far-off echo of the Horatian Alcaic. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. viii. 111 Smooth Eton Alcäics. 1883 G. A. Simcox Hist. Lat. Lit. II. 356 St. Agnes, whose legend is given in very spirited major alcaics. 1906 Musical Times 47 45/1 The programme opened with the Latin ‘Carmen Berkhamstediense’, whose stately alcaics, set to fitting music, always form a feature of the evening. 1954 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 75 216 He wrote at least two poems in Alcaics describing the fortunes of stasis in terms of the imagery of a storm-beaten ship. 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Nov. 25 His method with Holderlin is to match his Greek rhythms, alcaics, alcmenics and so forth, and hence to write a classically inflected, non-iambic English poetry. B. adj. Written or composed in a metre traditionally attributed to Alcaeus; relating to or characteristic of this metre or verse written in it.An Alcaic strophe in Greek and Latin poetry consists of four metrical units or lines, two of eleven syllables, followed by one of nine syllables and one of ten, each with a distinctive pattern of long and short syllables, and with a word-end after the fifth syllable in each of the first two lines. The metrical pattern of each line is used in other types of stanza and other forms of verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > metre of specific poets Sapphic?1553 Alcaic1631 Alcmanic1718 1631 B. Jonson New Inne Ode to Himselfe 42 Leaue things so prostitute, And take the Alcaick Lute. 1698 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. X. xi. 144 The Passion of St. Lucia in Alcaick Verse. a1730 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (1731) II. i. ii. 100 The smaller Alcaic verse with a Molosse interpos'd. 1838 A. H. Clough Diary 22 Feb. (1990) II. ii. 11 I have..only done my 12 Elegiacs and 2 or 3 Alcaic Stanzas. 1842 C. Anthon Syst. Lat. Prosody & Metre 194 The Alcaic Stanza. This consists of four lines: the first two are Alcaic hendecasyllabics, or Greater Alcaics. 1917 L. T. Butler Exercises Lat. Versification ii. 102 Alcaic verse is considered one of the most difficult measures found among the works of Horace. 1974 G. M. Kirkwood Early Greek Monody i. 9 There is more difference between a Pindaric ode and an Alcaic hymn than between a Pindaric hymn and a Pindaric epinician. 2002 R. Warren in A. Finch & K. Varnes Exaltation of Forms 90 The drama of faith in the Countess of Pembroke's Psalm 120..may be the first alcaic poem in English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1630
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