| 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 |