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Alcaic verse has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus

2

A Greek meter, supposedly invented by Alcaeus, consisting of combinations of spondee, iambs and dactyls.

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