strophe

Definitions


[ˈstrɒfi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Greek strophē, literally ‘turning’, from strephein ‘to turn’: the term originally denoted a movement from right to left made by a Greek chorus, or lines of choral song recited during this




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