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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 al·ca·ic /ælˈkeɪk/
 (a.)古希臘詩人,Alcaeus的,Alcaeus句法的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Al·ca·ic a.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Alcaic
      n : verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting
          of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by
          Alcaeus [syn: Alcaic verse]