pentastich

pentastich [pen-tuh-stik] Word Origin noun Prosody.

1. a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.

Origin of pentastich 1650–60; New Latin pentastichus Greek pentástichos. See penta-, stich1 British Dictionary definitions for pentastich pentastich noun

1. a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of five lines