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|lshtext=<b>Alcaeus</b>: i, m., = Ἀλκαῖος,<br /><b>I</b> 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, Alcăĭcus, a, um, adj., = [[Ἀλκαϊκός]] | |lshtext=<b>Alcaeus</b>: i, m., = Ἀλκαῖος,<br /><b>I</b> 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, Alcăĭcus, a, um, adj., = [[Ἀλκαϊκός]], of or pertaining to Alcœus: [[versus]], the Alcaic [[verse]]; cf. Diom. 510 P.; Grotef. Gr. II. 107; Zumpt, Gr. § 866. | ||
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Revision as of 09:29, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλκαῖος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alcaeus: i, m., = Ἀλκαῖος,
I 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, Alcăĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀλκαϊκός, of or pertaining to Alcœus: versus, the Alcaic verse; cf. Diom. 510 P.; Grotef. Gr. II. 107; Zumpt, Gr. § 866.
