distich
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English
Etymology
From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).
Pronunciation
Noun
distich (plural distichs)
- (prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
- Coordinate term: monostich
- 2012, Christer Henriksén, A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 282:
- 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’.
- Any couplet.
Derived terms
Translations
a two line stanza making complete sense
couplet — see couplet
Adjective
distich (not comparable)
Further reading
couplet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - elegiac couplet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- heroic couplet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distichus, from Ancient Greek δίστιχος (dístikhos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
distich (strong nominative masculine singular disticher, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of distich (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist distich | sie ist distich | es ist distich | sie sind distich | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | disticher | distiche | distiches | distiche |
| genitive | distichen | disticher | distichen | disticher | |
| dative | distichem | disticher | distichem | distichen | |
| accusative | distichen | distiche | distiches | distiche | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der distiche | die distiche | das distiche | die distichen |
| genitive | des distichen | der distichen | des distichen | der distichen | |
| dative | dem distichen | der distichen | dem distichen | den distichen | |
| accusative | den distichen | die distiche | das distiche | die distichen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein disticher | eine distiche | ein distiches | (keine) distichen |
| genitive | eines distichen | einer distichen | eines distichen | (keiner) distichen | |
| dative | einem distichen | einer distichen | einem distichen | (keinen) distichen | |
| accusative | einen distichen | eine distiche | ein distiches | (keine) distichen | |