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‖ tetracolon Gr. Pros.|tɛtraˈkəʊlən|
Pl. -cola.
[a. Gr. τετράκωλον, adj. neut., having four members: see tetra- and colon2.]
A metrical period consisting of four cola or members.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tetracolon,..a Stanza, or Division in Lyrick Poetry, consisting of four Verses or Lines. 1902Daily Chron. 18 Dec. 3/1 The verses from the pen of Joseph and Eugenius, with their diversity and intricacy of metre (including a tetracolon heptastichon).
Hence tetracolic |-ˈkəʊlɪk| a., of or pertaining to a tetracolon; consisting of four cola.
1891in Cent. Dict. |
