Associations to the word «Alcaic»
Wiktionary
ALCAIC, 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
ALCAIC, noun. (in the plural) alcaic verses
ALCAIC VERSE, proper noun. A Greek meter, supposedly invented by Alcaeus; consisting of combinations of spondee, iambs and dactyls
Dictionary definition
ALCAIC, noun. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.