disticha
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distichus, disticha, distichum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
consisting of two lines (verse); having two longitudinal rows of grain;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →distich:
Adjective
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
consisting of two lines (verse); having two longitudinal rows of grain;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →distich:
Adjective
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
consisting of two lines (verse); having two longitudinal rows of grain;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →distichon, distichi:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
couplet, two line poem/verse;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lucrum bybliopola Tryphon. Haec licet hospitibus pro munere disticha mittas, si tibi tam rarus quam mihi nummus erit..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...possis satur esse libello, lector, adhuc a me disticha pauca petis. Sed Lupus usuram puerique diaria poscunt. Lector..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pariter spectata mouebit cum Palatina nostra lacerna toga! Disticha qui scribit, puto, uult breuitate placere. Quid prodest breuitas..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...morietur opus. Quod non insulse scribis tetrasticha quaedam, disticha quod belle pauca, Sabelle, facis, laudo nec admiror. Facile..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Solet hoc quoque, Tucca, licetque: si breuiora probas, disticha sola legas. Conueniat nobis ut fas epigrammata longa..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Caeciliane. Notaui, si quando ex nostris disticha pauca lego, protinus aut Marsi recitas aut scripta Catulli. Hoc mihi..."
