tetrastich

[ te-truh-stik, te-tras-tik ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.

tetrastich

/ ˈtɛtrəˌstɪk; tɛˈtræstɪkəl; ˌtɛtrəˈstɪkɪk /

noun

1. a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of four lines

Derived Forms

• tetrastichic, adjective

Other Words From

• tet·ra·stich·ic [te-tr, uh, -, stik, -ik], te·tras·ti·chal [ti-, tras, -ti-k, uh, l], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetrastich¹

1570–80; < Latin tetrastichon < Greek tetrástichon, noun use of neuter of tetrástichos. See tetrastichous

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetrastich¹

C16: via Latin from Greek tetrastikhon, from tetra- + stikhos row

Example Sentences

Here Selvaggi praised him in a distich, and Salsilli in a tetrastich: neither of them of much value.

From Project Gutenberg

(Here the purport is given instead of the literal version of the too verbose tetrastich verse).

From Project Gutenberg