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| Noun | 1. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus.[Wordnet] 2. 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.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Alcaic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the forty-fourth Olympiad; or to other poets of the same name, of which three are mentioned; one an Athenian tragic poet, and another a Messenian.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented. (references) | ||
| 2: [Noun] (in plural) alcaic verses. (references) | |||
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| Alcaic verse | Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Alcaic verse | Alcaic verse is Greek lyrical meter, said to be invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from about 600 BC. It is distinguished by a complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern. (references) | ||
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| Alcaic Verse | Literature | 1: Alcaïcs. A Greek and Latin metre, so called from Alcoes, a lyric poet, who invented it. Each line is divided into two parts. The first two lines of each stanza of the ninth ode of Horace are in Alcaics. The first two lines of the ode run thus, and in the same metre: 2: And weary woodlands bend with the toilsome weight." 3: "See how Soracté groans with its wintry snow,. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Alcaic | ||||
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| Alcaic verse | 4 | Alcaic verse | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Albanian | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arnaut | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Basque | altzeotar (Alcaic). Additional references: Basque, Spain, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 古希腊诗人 (Alcaic). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 古希臘詩人 (Alcaic). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | alkäisch (Alcaic), Alcaic (alcaic). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Euskera | altzeotar (Alcaic). Additional references: Euskera, Spain, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | alkäisch (Alcaic), Alcaic (alcaic). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 알카이오스격의 (alcaic). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 알카이오스격의 (alcaic). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | alkäisch (Alcaic), Alcaic (alcaic). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | alkäisch (Alcaic), Alcaic (alcaic). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | Alcaico (Alcaic), verso alcaico (alcaic). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 알카이오스격의 (alcaic). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | alcaico (alcaic). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shkip | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqip | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqiperë | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Skchip | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | alkajský (Alcaic). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | alkajský (Alcaic). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | alcaico (alcaic). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tosk | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | Alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Vascuense | altzeotar (Alcaic). Additional references: Vascuense, Spain, Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zhgabe | alkaik (Alcaic). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Alcaic. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “Alcaic” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Athagalcathagaathagic (Alcaic). Additional references: Athag, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Agalcagaagic (Alcaic). Additional references: Double Dutch, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Esperanto | alkaja (Alcaic). Additional references: Esperanto, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | /\| (Alcaic). Additional references: Leet, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Opalcopaopic (Alcaic). Additional references: Oppish, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Alcaicway (Alcaic). Additional references: Pig Latin, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | alkaiko (Alcaic). Additional references: Terran B, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Ubalcubaubic (Alcaic). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Alcaic. (volunteer) | |||
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