Definition of alcaic

• a. - Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
• n. - A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
• a. - Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
• n. - A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.