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Alcmanic verse

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[alk-man-ik] / ælkˈmæn ɪk /

noun

Prosody.
  1. a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.


Etymology

Origin of Alcmanic verse

< Greek Alkmanikós equivalent to Alkmán Alcman, a Greek lyric poet (late 7th cent. b.c.) + -ikos -ic

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