antistrophe
Syllabification: (an·tis·tro·phe)
Pronunciation: /anˈtistrəfē/
Definition of antistrophe
noun
- the second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. Compare with strophe and epode (sense 2).
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'