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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.