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

  • δίστιχα γὰρ ψήφοισιν ἰσάζεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3562)
  • ἀλλ’ ἴδ’ Ἀγρειππίνῃ δύο δίστιχα μοῦνον ἰσώσασ, ἀρκοῦμαι δώροισ, ἃ φθόνοσ οὐ δαμάσει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3292)

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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