Alcmanic verse

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]

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  • 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

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