distichus
From LSJ
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
