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noun greek

ĕpōdos

gen. i · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
= ἐπωδός (singing to)
a form of lyric metre invented by Archilochus; in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one
a form of lyric metre invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one, not including the elegiac distich. So in Roman literature, the Epodi of Horace, Ter. Maur. p. 2422 P.; Diom. p. 482 ib.; Quint. 10, 1, 96; Aus. Ep. 10, 37; 16, 2.
Perseus ID: n16026 Key: epodos