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Alcmanian

ALCMA'NIAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, celebrated for his amorous verses. The alcmanian verse consisted of two dactyls and two trochees.

Definition 2024

Alcmanian

Alcmanian

English

Adjective

Alcmanian ‎(comparative more Alcmanian, superlative most Alcmanian)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of the works of Alcman

Translations

Etymology

Alcman +‎ -ian

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