- 1. a. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus Source: wordnet
- 4. Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls. Source: webster
- 5. Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b.c.-- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consistsof five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, andtwo dactyls. Source: adambom
- 6. n verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus Source: ecdict
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