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hemistichium

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hēmistĭchĭum: ĭi, n., = ἡμιστίχιον,
I a half-verse, hemistich: Enniano hemistichio usus est, Pseudo Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hēmistĭchĭum, ĭī, n. (ἡμιστίχιον), hémistiche, moitié de vers : Ps. Ascon. Verr. 2, 1, 18.