dicola

Plural of dicolon. dicolic (dī-kō'lik), a. [As dicolon + -ic.] 1. In consisting of two cola or members: as, a pros., consisting dicolic line, verse, or period. In Greek and Roman poetry dicolic periods preponderate. The most frequent kinds of verse, the dactylic hexameter and the anapestic and trochaic tetrameters (but not the iambic trimeter, which is mono colic), are examples. See colon1. The first two lines of each stanza resemble the two cola of a Greek dicolic line, or two musical phrases making up a longer strain. Trans. Amer. Philol . A ., XVI. 85. 2. In rhet . , consisting of two clauses or groups of clauses: as, a dicolic period. dicolon (dī-kō'lon), n.; pl. dicola (-lä). [NL., δίκωλος , having two members, κώλον , member.] In pros ., a verse or period consisting of two cola or members. See dicolic . IMG:content-2587.png:[blocks in formation]