Etymology

stasimon

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Today it means: A song of the chorus during a tragedy, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στάσιμον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάσιμον“stationary”
  2. English todaystasimon

From Ancient Greek στάσιμον (stásimon, “stationary”); compare stasis.

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