antistrophe

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”). === Noun === antistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural antistrophes) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. The lines of this part of the choral song. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses Synonym: epistrophe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== antistrophic antistrophon ==== Translations ==== === References === “antistrophe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “antistrophe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “antistrophe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Stainthorpe, Thesprotian, nastrophite == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tis.tʁɔf/ === Noun === antistrophe f (plural antistrophes) antistrophe === Further reading === “antistrophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [anˈtɪs.trɔ.pʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [anˈtis.tro.fe] === Noun === antistrophē f (genitive antistrophēs); first declension antistrophe ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). ==== Descendants ==== → English: antistrophe Finnish: antistroofi French: antistrophe Italian: antistrofe Portuguese: antístrofe Spanish: antistrofa