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ep·ode (epōd′)

noun

  1. a form of lyric poem, as of Horace, in which a short line follows a longer one
  2. the stanza that follows the strophe and antistrophe in a Pindaric or ancient Greek ode

Etymology: MFr épode < L epodos < Gr epōidos, incantation, lit., song sung after < epi-, upon, after + aeidein, to sing: see ode

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