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‖ ephymnium|ɛˈfɪmnɪəm|
Also -ion.
[ad. Gr. ἐϕύµνιον the burden of a chorus or hymn.]
a. Antiq. In Poetry, a refrain, a short colon subjoined to a strophe.
b. In some Eastern Churches, a refrain to a hymn; an antiphonal refrain.
[1853H. Burgess Sel. Metr. Hymns & Homilies of Ephraem Syrus p. liv, These ἐϕύµνια, or supernumerary verses, have a pleasing effect.] 1910Encycl. Brit. XIV. 182/2 When a strophe contained five lines, the fifth was generally an ‘ephymnium’, detached in sense, and consisting of a prayer, invocation, doxology or the like, to be sung antiphonally, either in full chorus or by a separate part of the choir. 1931Ess. & Stud. XVI. 21 The main Ode, which consists of four pairs of strophes or stanzas in various rhythms, the first three pairs being divided by ephymnions or refrains. 1949Oxf. Class. Dict. 568/1 In an Ephymnion (refrain) words, as well as metrical form, are repeated: e.g. Aesch. Supp. 117–75. |