pentastico
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάστιχος (pentástikhos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penˈta.sti.ko/
- Rhymes: -astiko
- Hyphenation: pen‧tà‧sti‧co
Adjective
pentastico (feminine pentastica, masculine plural pentastici, feminine plural pentastiche)
- (poetry, uncommon) consisting of five verses
- (art, of a polyptych) consisting of five panels
- (architecture) having five orders of columns (of a portico)
- (botany) pentastichous
Further reading
- pentastico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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