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‖ eˈxodium
Also 6 pl. exodia.
[a. L. exodium, ad. Gr. ἐξόδιον, f. ἐξόδιος of or belonging to an exit, f. ἔξοδος: see Exodus.]
1. Gr. Drama. The concluding part of a play; the catastrophe.
1842in Brande. In mod. Dicts.
2. Rom. Drama. A comic interlude originally attached to the Atellanæ, but afterwards given as a separate performance after tragedies.
1600Holland Livy 251 Merrie scoffes and jestes..which thereupon were afterwards called Exodia, and were inserted commonly in the Atellane Comedies. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Among the Romans, the exodium..was pretty nearly what farces are with us. |