hexastichus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hexastĭchus, a, um, adj., = ἑξάστιχος,

of six lines or rows : hordeum, perh. our long-eared barley , Hordeum caeleste, Linn.; Col. 2, 9, 4: myrtus, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122.