antistrophe

 
Pronunciation: /anˈtɪstrəfi/

noun

  • the second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. Compare with strophe.

Origin:

mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein 'turn against', from anti 'against' + strephein 'to turn'