n. pl. dis·tichs 1. A unit of verse consisting of two lines, especially as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry. 2. A rhyming couplet. [Latin distichon, from Greek distikhon, from neuter of distikhos, having two rows or verses : di-, two; see DI-1 + stikhos, line of verse; see steigh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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