pentastichn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɛntəstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpɛn(t)əˌstɪk/

Inflections: Plural pentastichs, pentastiches.

Forms: 1600s pentastick, 1800s– pentastich.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pentastichus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentastichus group of five lines of verse (1610 in a British source as pentastichos ) < Byzantine Greek πεντάστιχος (adjective) of five lines < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + στίχος stich n. Compare earlier monostich n., distich n., tetrastich n., etc.

Prosody.

A group of five lines of verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > cinquain or pentastich

quintain1589

pentastich1656

cinquain1882

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pentastick,..that consists of five verses.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pentasticks,..Stanza's, consisting of five verses.

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1945 In the few instances of pentastichs..the last three lines usually unfold the reason of the thought of the first two.

1891 S. R. Driver Introd. Lit. Old Test. (ed. 3) 375 Several pentastichs and hexastichs, a heptastich and an octastich also occur.

1924 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 45 51 One of the most famous passages in the Bible is the pentastich in Ps. 104, 19–23, describing how by nightfall all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

1983 Russ. Rev. 42 257 The second, new segment, like the first, consists of ten lines and may be divided into two pentastiches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† pentastichn.²

Forms: 1600s pentastick.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pentastichus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentastichus having five rows of columns (4th cent.; recorded in feminine plural, pentastichae , qualifying porticūs colonnades) < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + στίχος row, line (see stich n.). Compare pentastich n.¹

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A type of porch with five rows of pillars. Cf. pentastyle n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > porch

porticeOE

porchc1300

back porch1535

prothyrum1600

propylaeum1637

pentastich1656

propylon1830

ramada1869

storm-porch1879

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pentasticks (pentastichæ), porches having five rowes of Pillars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pentastich
释义	pentastichn.¹ Brit. /ˈpɛntəstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɛn(t)əˌstɪk/ Inflections: Plural pentastichs, pentastiches. Forms: 1600s pentastick, 1800s– pentastich. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pentastichus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentastichus group of five lines of verse (1610 in a British source as pentastichos ) < Byzantine Greek πεντάστιχος (adjective) of five lines < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + στίχος stich n. Compare earlier monostich n., distich n., tetrastich n., etc. Prosody. A group of five lines of verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > cinquain or pentastich quintain1589 pentastich1656 cinquain1882 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pentastick,..that consists of five verses. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pentasticks,..Stanza's, consisting of five verses. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1945 In the few instances of pentastichs..the last three lines usually unfold the reason of the thought of the first two. 1891 S. R. Driver Introd. Lit. Old Test. (ed. 3) 375 Several pentastichs and hexastichs, a heptastich and an octastich also occur. 1924 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 45 51 One of the most famous passages in the Bible is the pentastich in Ps. 104, 19–23, describing how by nightfall all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 1983 Russ. Rev. 42 257 The second, new segment, like the first, consists of ten lines and may be divided into two pentastiches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pentastichn.² Forms: 1600s pentastick. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pentastichus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentastichus having five rows of columns (4th cent.; recorded in feminine plural, pentastichae , qualifying porticūs colonnades) < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + στίχος row, line (see stich n.). Compare pentastich n.¹ Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A type of porch with five rows of pillars. Cf. pentastyle n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > porch porticeOE porchc1300 back porch1535 prothyrum1600 propylaeum1637 pentastich1656 propylon1830 ramada1869 storm-porch1879 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pentasticks (pentastichæ), porches having five rowes of Pillars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1656n.²1656
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