Alcaeus

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Alcæus,¹⁴ ī, m., Alcée [poète lyrique] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 71, etc., Hor. O. 2, 13, 27, etc. || -căĭcus, a, um, d’Alcée, alcaïque [vers, strophe : Diom. 510, 1, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

Alcaeus, ī, m. (Ἀλκαιος), ein griechischer Lyriker aus Mytilene auf Lesbos (um 610–602 v. Chr.), in der metrischen Behandlung seiner Gedichte so ausgezeichnet, daß nach ihm eine Art des Strophenbaues den Namen »alcäische Strophe« führt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 71. Hor. ep. 1, 19, 29 u. 2, 2, 99. Quint. 10, 1, 63. – Dav. Alcaïcus, a, um (Ἀλκαϊκός), alcäisch, metrum, Sidon. ep. 9, 13. v. 10. Diom. 510, 1 u. 5. Serv. de cent. metr. 458, 14 u. 463, 24. Acro Hor. carm. 2, 13, 26: subst., Alcaico (sc. metro) personare, Isid. 6, 2, 17.