antistrophe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

Noun

antistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural antistrophes)

Examples (repetition of words in reverse order)

the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

  1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
  2. The lines of this part of the choral song.
  3. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
  4. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
    Synonym: epistrophe
  5. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Derived terms

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “antistrophe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tis.tʁɔf/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

antistrophe f (plural antistrophes)

  1. antistrophe

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

antistrophē f (genitive antistrophēs); first declension

  1. antistrophe

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antistrophē antistrophae
Genitive antistrophēs antistrophārum
Dative antistrophae antistrophīs
Accusative antistrophēn antistrophās
Ablative antistrophē antistrophīs
Vocative antistrophē antistrophae

Descendants
  • Spanish: antistrofa
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