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strophe
(encz) | strophe,sloka n: [hud.] xkomczax |
strophe
(encz) | strophe,strofa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Strophe
(gcide) | Strophe \Stro"phe\, n.; pl. Strophes. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ?
to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.]
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus
while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra;
hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during
this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern
verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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strophe
(wn) | strophe
n 1: one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical
Greek drama |
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apostrophe
(mass) | apostrophe
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anastrophe
(encz) | anastrophe,anastrofa Zdeněk Brož |
apostrophe
(encz) | apostrophe,apostrof n: Zdeněk Brož |
apostrophes
(encz) | apostrophes,apostrofy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
catastrophe
(encz) | catastrophe,katastrofa n: |
catastrophes
(encz) | catastrophes,katastrofy Jiří Šmoldas |
epistrophe
(encz) | epistrophe,epistrofa Zdeněk Brož |
Anastrophe
(gcide) | Anastrophe \A*nas"tro*phe\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up or back;
'ana` + ? to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.)
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the
hills, for, the hills echoed.
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Antistrophe
(gcide) | Antistrophe \An*tis"tro*phe\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn
to the opposite side; 'anti` against + ? to turn. See
Strophe.]
1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus,
exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from
right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral
song.
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It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round
the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which
consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of
which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east
to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning
from west to east; then they stood before the altar,
and sang the epode, which was the last part of the
song. --Abp. Potter.
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2. (Rhet.)
(a) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the
master of the servant and the servant of the master.
(b) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against
him.
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Apostrophe
(gcide) | Apostrophe \A*pos"tro*phe\, n. [(1) L., fr. Gr. ? a turning
away, fr. ? to turn away; ? from + ? to turn. (2) F., fr. L.
apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a
letter, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer
suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his
discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some
person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's
apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of
"Paradise Lost."
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2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a
letter or letters, which omission is marked by the
character ['] placed where the letter or letters would
have been; as, call'd for called.
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3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as
in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of
the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat,
boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the
omission of the letter e.
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Note: The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures
and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also
employed to mark the close of a quotation.
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Astrophel
(gcide) | Astrophel \As"tro*phel\, n.
See Astrofel. [Obs.]
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Boustrophedon
(gcide) | Boustrophedon \Bou`stro*phe"don\, n. [Gr. ? turning like oxen in
plowing; ? to turn.]
An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line
from left to right, and the next from right to left (as
fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
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Boustrophedonic
(gcide) | Boustrophedonic \Bou*stroph`e*don"ic\, a.
Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
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Catastrophe
(gcide) | Catastrophe \Ca*tas"tro*phe\, n. [L. catastropha, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ? to turn.]
1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of
things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or
disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great
misfortune.
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The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London.
--Bp. Burnet.
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The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that
nature ever yet saw. --Woodward.
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2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a
denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a
comedy.
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3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the
surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of
some part of it, effected by internal causes. --Whewell.
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Epanastrophe
(gcide) | Epanastrophe \Ep`a*nas"tro*phe\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a return,
epanastrophe; 'epi` + ? to return.] (Rhet.)
Same as Anadiplosis. --Gibbs.
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Epistrophe
(gcide) | Epistrophe \E*pis"tro*phe\, n. [L., from Gr. ? a turning toward,
return, fr. ? to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + ? to turn.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word
or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they
Israelites? so am I." --2 Cor. xi. 22.
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Hypostrophe
(gcide) | Hypostrophe \Hy*pos"tro*phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn
round or back; ? under + ? to turn.] (Med.)
(a) The act of a patient turning himself.
(b) A relapse, or return of a disease.
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Monostrophe
(gcide) | Monostrophe \Mo*nos"tro*phe\ (m[-o]*n[o^]s"tr[-o]*f[-e]), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. mono`strofos monostrophic.]
A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.
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Strophe
(gcide) | Strophe \Stro"phe\, n.; pl. Strophes. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ?
to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.]
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus
while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra;
hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during
this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern
verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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Strophes
(gcide) | Strophe \Stro"phe\, n.; pl. Strophes. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ?
to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.]
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus
while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra;
hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during
this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern
verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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anastrophe
(wn) | anastrophe
n 1: the reversal of the normal order of words [syn:
anastrophe, inversion] |
antistrophe
(wn) | antistrophe
n 1: the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in
classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically
corresponding sections in a poem |
apostrophe
(wn) | apostrophe
n 1: address to an absent or imaginary person
2: the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more
letters from a printed word |
boustrophedon
(wn) | boustrophedon
n 1: an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written
in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' |
boustrophedonic
(wn) | boustrophedonic
adj 1: of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite
directions |
catastrophe
(wn) | catastrophe
n 1: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole
city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the
earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe,
disaster, tragedy, cataclysm]
2: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and
misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for
our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" [syn:
catastrophe, disaster]
3: a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn:
catastrophe, cataclysm] |
epistrophe
(wn) | epistrophe
n 1: repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences,
verses, etc. [syn: epiphora, epistrophe] |
apostrophe
(foldoc) | single quote
'
apostrophe
"'" ASCII character 39.
Common names include single quote; quote; ITU-T: apostrophe.
Rare: prime; glitch; tick; irk; pop; INTERCAL: spark;
ITU-T: closing single quotation mark; ITU-T: acute accent.
Single quote is used in C and derived languages to introduce
a single character literal value which is represented
internally by its ASCII code. In the Unix shells and
Perl single quote is used to delimit strings in which
variable substitution is not performed (in contrast to
double-quote-delimited strings).
Single quote is often used in text for both open and close
single quotation mark and apostrophe. Typesetters use two
different symbols - open has a tail going up, close and
apostrophe have tails hanging down (like a raised comma).
Some people use back quote (`) for open single quotation
mark.
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boustrophedonic
(foldoc) | boustrophedonic
(From the Greek "boustrophe-don": turning like oxen in
plowing;
from "bous": ox, cow; "strephein": to turn; "don": in the manner of)
An
ancient method of writing in which alternate lines are written
left-to-right
and right-to-left. Some moving-head printers (or their drivers)
follow the same pattern to reduce physical movement of the {print
head}. The adverbial form "boustrophedonically" is also found.
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boustrophedon
(jargon) | boustrophedon
n.
[from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient method
of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines. This term
is actually philologists' techspeak and typesetters' jargon. Erudite
hackers use it for an optimization performed by some computer typesetting
software and moving-head printers. The adverbial form ‘boustrophedonically’
is also found (hackers purely love constructions like this).
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