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distiches

distiches is the plural of distich.

Meaning of distich

Noun

distich (plural distichs)

  1. A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
    • Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’.2012, Christer Henriksén, A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 282
  2. Any couplet.

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Questions about distiches

What is distiches the plural of?
Distiches is the plural of distich.

Words near distiches in the dictionary

  1. disti-
  2. distibine
  3. distibines
  4. distich
  5. distichal
  6. distiches
  7. distichia
  8. distichiae
  9. distichias
  10. distichiasis
  11. distichodont

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