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Look up: Distich

  1. Distich
    A two line Greek stanza. The distich is particularly associated with Greek elegiac verse and consists of one line of dactylic hexameter and one line  of dactylic pentameter.
    Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of

  2. Distich
    Dis'tich noun [ Latin distichon , Greek ..., neut. of ... with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + ... row, verse, from ... to ascend; akin to Anglo-Saxon stīgan to ascend: confer French distique
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/97

  3. Distich
    • (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses. • (n.) Alt. of Distichous
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. distich
    distich 1. Two lines of poetry, sometimes rhyming, that form a complete unit in themselves. 2. A unit of verse consisting of two lines; especially, as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry. 3. A rhyming couplet.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  5. distich
    two lines related to one another. A major Greek and Latin metre is the elegiac distich, a pair of dactylic hexameter and dactylic pentameter lines.
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r

  6. Distich
    A distich is a couplet of verses, especially one consisting of a Latin or Greek hexameter and pentameter, making complete sense.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

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