tetracolon

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

tetracolon (plural tetracolons or tetracola)

1. (poetry) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
   • 1791, Henry Dimock, Notes Critical and Explanatory:

     the two verses would form a beautiful tetracolon, the first line answering to the third, and the second to the fourth

References

• “tetracolon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.