English-Thai Dictionary
epode
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EPODE
n.[Gr. ode. ] In lyric poetry, the third or last part of the ode; that which follows the strophe and antistrophe; the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe and epode. The word is now used as the name of any little verse or verses, that follow one or more great ones. Thus a pentameter after a hexameter is an epode.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EPODE
Ep "ode, n. Etym: [L. epodos, Gr. épode. See Ode. ] (Poet. )(a ) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode. (b ) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.
New American Oxford Dictionary
epode
ep ode |ˈepōd ˈɛpoʊd | ▶noun 1 a form of lyric poem written in couplets, in which a long line is followed by a shorter one. 2 the third section of an ancient Greek choral ode, or of one division of such an ode. Compare with strophe and antistrophe. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French épode, or via Latin epodos, from Greek epōidos, from epi ‘upon ’ + ōidē (see ode ).
Oxford Dictionary
epode
epode |ˈɛpəʊd | ▶noun 1 a form of lyric poem written in couplets, in which a long line is followed by a shorter one. 2 the third section of an ancient Greek choral ode, or of one division of such an ode. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French épode, or via Latin epodos, from Greek epōidos, from epi ‘upon ’ + ōidē (see ode ).
Duden Dictionary
Epode
Ep o de , Epo de Substantiv, feminin Verslehre , die |Ep o de |lateinisch epodos < griechisch epọ̄dós 1 ohne Plural [antike ] Gedichtform, bei der auf einen längeren Vers ein kürzerer folgt 2 in antiken Gedichten und besonders in den Chorliedern der altgriechischen Tragödie auf Strophe und Antistrophe folgender dritter Kompositionsteil; Abgesang