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distĭchus , a, um, adj., = δίστιχος,
I.consisting of two rows.
I. Adj.: “hordeum,” Col. 2, 9, 16.—
II. Subst.
A. ‡ distĭ-chum , i, n., a building with two stories or two rows of chambers, Inscr. Fabr. p. 627, no. 234.—
B. distĭchon , i, n., a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter, Mart. 8, 29, 1; Suet. Caes. 51; id. Oth. 3 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 51
    • Suetonius, Otho, 3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.9.16
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