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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ep·ode ETYMOLOGY Latin epodos, from Greek epōidos, from epōidossung or said after, from epi- + aidein to sing — more at ode DATE 1598 1. a lyric poem in which a long verse is followed by a shorter one 2. the third part of a triadic Greek ode following the strophe and the antistrophe English Etymology epode 1598, a kind of lyric poem in which a short line follows a longer one (invented by Archilochus, also used by Horace), from Gk.epodus "after-song, incantation," from epi "after" + odein "to sing." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ep·ode \ˈeˌpōd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin epodos, from Greek epōidos, from epōidos, sung or said after, from epaidein to sing to, literally, to sing after, from epi- + aidein to sing — more at ode 1. : a verse form composed of two lines differing in construction and often in meter, the second shorter than the first < the epodes of Horace's Fifth Book of Odes > 2. : the third part of triadically constructed Greek odes following the strophe and the antistrophe |
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