Pl. -cola. Gr. Pros. [a. Gr. τετράκωλον, adj. neut., having four members: see TETRA- and COLON2.] A metrical period consisting of four cola or members.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tetracolon,… a Stanza, or Division in Lyrick Poetry, consisting of four Verses or Lines.
1902. Daily 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 a., of or pertaining to a tetracolon; consisting of four cola.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
