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

5. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Related terms

• antistrophic

Translations

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

• 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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “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/

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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

From Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.tro.pʰeː/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪs̠t̪rɔpʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.tro.fe/, [än̪ˈt̪ist̪rofe]

Noun

antistrophē f (genitive antistrophēs); first declension

1. antistrophe

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antistrophē	antistrophae
Genitive	antistrophēs	antistrophārum
Dative	antistrophae	antistrophīs
Accusative	antistrophēn	antistrophās
Ablative	antistrophē	antistrophīs
Vocative	antistrophē	antistrophae

Descendants

• Spanish: antistrofa