anti-Pindaric

adjective

Of a measure, where the strophe of one system answers to the strophe of another.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. communicationsOf a measure, where the strophe of one system answers to the strophe of another.

    Here the image of burning Aetna is used to characterize the anti-Pindaric.

    2003, John T. Hamilton, Soliciting Darkness - Pindar, Obscurity, and the Classical Tradition, page 209

Origin

From anti- + Pindaric.

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anti-Pindaric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Pindaric

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“anti-Pindaric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Pindaric. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Pindaric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Pindaric.

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