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