- alcmanic
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alcmanic — adjective see alcmanian I … Useful english dictionary
Alcmanic verse — /alk man ik/, Pros. a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter. [ < Gk Alkmanikós equiv. to Alkmán Alcman, a Greek lyric poet (late 7th cent. B.C.) + ikos IC] * * * … Universalium
Alcmanic verse — /alk man ik/, Pros. a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter. [ < Gk Alkmanikós equiv. to Alkmán Alcman, a Greek lyric poet (late 7th cent. B.C.) + ikos IC] … Useful english dictionary
List of classical meters — The following meters were used in Greek poetry and borrowed into Latin poetry in the classical period:Major Forms*Dactylic hexameter *Elegiac couplet, consisting of a line of dactylic hexameter and one of dactylic pentameter *Iambic… … Wikipedia
