Alcaic /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600 BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented. noun[in the plural]1 •An Alcaic verse. formsAlcaics · more Alcaic · most Alcaic