Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δίστιχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίστιχος

Structure: διστιχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of two verses
  2. a distich

Examples

  • Ἀσκληπιάδησ παρὰ τὴν τῶν σπερμάτων διαφοράν, ὥσπερ τὰσ κριθὰσ τὰσ διστίχουσ καὶ τριστίχουσ’ εἶναι γὰρ σπέρματα γονιμώτατα. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of two verses

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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