释义 |
al·ca·ic I. \(ˈ)al|kāik\ adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios (Alcaeus) fl ab 600 B.C. Greek lyric poet who used such verse forms + Greek -ikos -ic : relating to or written in verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern by initial anacrusis and by spondees, trochees, and dactyls used mostly in medial or final positions II. noun (-s) Usage: often capitalized : alcaic meter : an alcaic verse or strophe |