pentastico

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάστιχος (pentástikhos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /penˈta.sti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -astiko
  • Hyphenation: pen‧tà‧sti‧co

Adjective[edit]

pentastico (feminine pentastica, masculine plural pentastici, feminine plural pentastiche)

  1. (poetry, uncommon) consisting of five verses
  2. (art, of a polyptych) consisting of five panels
  3. (architecture) having five orders of columns (of a portico)
  4. (botany) pentastichous

Further reading[edit]

  • pentastico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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