parabasisn.

Brit.

/pəˈrabəsɪs/, U.S.

/pəˈræbəsəs/

Inflections: Plural parabases.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek παράβασις.

Etymology: < ancient Greek παράβασις, literally ‘a going aside’, digression, stepping forward, in Hellenistic Greek also a part of Old Comedy in which the chorus comes forward and addresses the audience < παρα- para- prefix¹ + βάσις basis n., after παραβαίνειν to go aside, step forward, used of the parabasis in Old Comedy. Compare German Parabase (1753 or earlier), French parabase (1768 or earlier).

In ancient Greek comedy: an interlude in the action of the drama in which the chorus dance and sing, addressing the audience. Also in extended use: a digression in which an author addresses the audience on personal or topical matters.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > song in Greek comedy

antode1699

parabasis1711

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other parts of play

narration1586

coup de théâtre1747

tableau1808

sparagmos1949

parabasis1952

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression > a digression > on matters personal to author

parabasis1952

1711 G. Mackenzie Life Most Eminent Writers Scots III. 140 That Parabasis inserted in the Chorus betwixt the first and second Acts in the same Comedy, is nothing but a direct Address made by the Poet to the People.

1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. cvi What steps were used in their parabases to give effect to the rhythm.

1866 J. R. Lowell Swinburne in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 130 Something similar in purpose to the parabasis was essayed in one, at least, of the comedies of Beaumont and Fletcher, and in our time by Tieck.

1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 407/2 The distinctive feature of Old, as compared with Middle Comedy, is the parabasis, the speech in which the chorus, moving towards and facing the audience, addressed it in the name of the poet, often abandoning all reference to the action of the play.

1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. No attempt is made to render the famous anapaests of the Parabasis, and the mantic hexameters of the Prophet are ignored.

1952 F. H. Dudden Henry Fielding I. p. v In the frequent parabases intercalated in his novels..[Fielding] has laid open his innermost self.

1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 694/2 This is Coward's exercise in parabasis form: a lightly fictionalised justification of his way of theatre, acting and life.

1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 347 The illusion-breaking nature of the parabasis makes it a self-evident structural break.

2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 52 The parabasis of the Thesmophoriazusae makes clear the tension between the stated ideology and the actual practice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parabasis
释义	parabasisn. Brit. /pəˈrabəsɪs/, U.S. /pəˈræbəsəs/ Inflections: Plural parabases. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek παράβασις. Etymology: < ancient Greek παράβασις, literally ‘a going aside’, digression, stepping forward, in Hellenistic Greek also a part of Old Comedy in which the chorus comes forward and addresses the audience < παρα- para- prefix¹ + βάσις basis n., after παραβαίνειν to go aside, step forward, used of the parabasis in Old Comedy. Compare German Parabase (1753 or earlier), French parabase (1768 or earlier). In ancient Greek comedy: an interlude in the action of the drama in which the chorus dance and sing, addressing the audience. Also in extended use: a digression in which an author addresses the audience on personal or topical matters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > song in Greek comedy antode1699 parabasis1711 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other parts of play narration1586 coup de théâtre1747 tableau1808 sparagmos1949 parabasis1952 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression > a digression > on matters personal to author parabasis1952 1711 G. Mackenzie Life Most Eminent Writers Scots III. 140 That Parabasis inserted in the Chorus betwixt the first and second Acts in the same Comedy, is nothing but a direct Address made by the Poet to the People. 1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. cvi What steps were used in their parabases to give effect to the rhythm. 1866 J. R. Lowell Swinburne in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 130 Something similar in purpose to the parabasis was essayed in one, at least, of the comedies of Beaumont and Fletcher, and in our time by Tieck. 1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 407/2 The distinctive feature of Old, as compared with Middle Comedy, is the parabasis, the speech in which the chorus, moving towards and facing the audience, addressed it in the name of the poet, often abandoning all reference to the action of the play. 1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. No attempt is made to render the famous anapaests of the Parabasis, and the mantic hexameters of the Prophet are ignored. 1952 F. H. Dudden Henry Fielding I. p. v In the frequent parabases intercalated in his novels..[Fielding] has laid open his innermost self. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 694/2 This is Coward's exercise in parabasis form: a lightly fictionalised justification of his way of theatre, acting and life. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 347 The illusion-breaking nature of the parabasis makes it a self-evident structural break. 2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 52 The parabasis of the Thesmophoriazusae makes clear the tension between the stated ideology and the actual practice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711
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