单词 | mesode |
释义 | mesoden. Classical Prosody. A part of a Greek choral ode coming between the strophe and the antistrophe and having no counterpart. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > ode > mesode mesode1850 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 58 The epode..assumes the name of..Mesode. 1888 J. Gow Compan. to Classics 285 We are told that mesodes and epodes were sung by the chorus standing. 1967 ELH 34 97 In his [sc. William Collins's] middle stanza (i.e. mesode) there is a strong Neoplatonic element. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 528 There is no need to strain language by calling 90-8 a ‘mesode’... We can properly (if we wish) extend the use of that term so as to include passages of sung dialogue separating strophe from antistrophe,..but not to partly spoken passages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850 |
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