— tetrastichic /te'treuh stik"ik/ , tetrastichal /ti tras"ti keuhl/ , adj.
/te"treuh stik, te tras"tik/ , n. Pros.
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
[ 1570-80; tetrastichon tetrástichon, n. use of neut. of tetrástichos. See TETRASTICHOUS ]