epode
pronunciation
How to pronounce epode in British English:
UK ['epəʊd]
How to pronounce epode in American English:
US ['epoʊd]
Word Origin
- epode (n.)
- 1590s, a kind of lyric poem in which a short line follows a longer one (invented by Archilochus, also used by Horace), from Latin epodos, from Greek epodus "after-song, incantation," from epi "after" (see epi-) + odein "to sing" (see ode). Related: Epodic.
Example
- 1. Yet neither epode nor the uk 's more recent change4life programme has so far produced much systematic , peer-reviewed data .
- 2. France 's epode programme has generated international interest , with its apparent success linked to strong political leadership overseeing a range of initiatives from improved school nutrition to town planning designed to encourage exercise .