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Alcaeus, Alcaeī

Alcaeus

Ἀλκαῖος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a renowned lyric poet of Mitylene, contemporary with Sappho
inventor of the metre which bears his name, and which was imitated by the Latin poets, esp. by Horace

Abbreviations

Alcaeus, i, m., = Ἀλκαῖος, a renowned lyric poet of Mitylene, contemporary with Sappho, 610 B.C., inventor of the metre which bears his name, and which was imitated by the Latin poets, esp. by Horace; v. Hor. C. 2, 13, 27; 4, 9, 7; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29; 2, 2, 99; Ov. H. 15, 29 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 63.

— Hence, Alcaicus, a, um, adj., = Ἀλκαϊκός, of or pertaining to Alcaeus: versus, the Alcaic verse; cf. Diom. 510 P.; Grotef. Gr. II. 107; Zumpt, Gr. § 866.