antistrophe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

Noun

antistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural antistrophes)

Examples (repetition of words in reverse order)
the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
2. The lines of this part of the choral song.
3. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
4. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

   Synonym: epistrophe

Derived terms

• antistrophize

Related terms

• antistrophic
• antistrophon

Translations

in Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left

• Finnish: antistroofi
• Italian: antistrofe (it) f
• Polish: antystrofa f
• Portuguese: antístrofe f

the repetition of words in an inverse order

• Italian: antistrofe (it) f
• Portuguese: antístrofe f
• Tagalog: pamalikid

References

• “antistrophe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “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/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

antistrophe f (plural antistrophes)

1. antistrophe

Further reading

• “antistrophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed 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

1. antistrophe

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	antistrophē	antistrophae
genitive	antistrophēs	antistrophārum
dative	antistrophae	antistrophīs
accusative	antistrophēn	antistrophās
ablative	antistrophē	antistrophīs
vocative	antistrophē	antistrophae

Descendants

• → English: antistrophe
• Finnish: antistroofi
• French: antistrophe
• Italian: antistrofe
• Portuguese: antístrofe
• Spanish: antistrofa