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distichs

distichs 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 distichs

What is distichs the plural of?
Distichs is the plural of distich.

Words near distichs in the dictionary

  1. distichodus
  2. distichoporine
  3. distichoporines
  4. distichous
  5. distichously
  6. distichs
  7. distie
  8. disties
  9. distiflagella
  10. distiflagellomere
  11. distiflagellomeres

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