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antode

antode noun: a particular ode sung in response to another.

Noun

antode (plural antodes)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A particular ode sung in response to another.
    • For instance, in the agon of the Knights beginning at 757 we first (761 ff.) find a katakeleusmos and a debate in anapaestic tetrameters catalectic, while the symmetrical section, after the antode, is in iambic tetrameters catalectic.1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre

Forms of antode

pluralantodes

Origin of antode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντῳδή (antōidḗ), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

Questions about antode

What does antode mean?
Antode means a particular ode sung in response to another.
What part of speech is antode?
Antode is a noun.
What is the plural of antode?
The plural of antode is antodes.

Words near antode in the dictionary

  1. Antman
  2. Antmans
  3. antmire
  4. antmires
  5. antney over
  6. antode
  7. antodes
  8. antodontalgic
  9. antodontalgics
  10. antoeci
  11. antoecian

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