Meanings
nounexodium (plural exodia)
plural exodia
- Ancient RomehistoricalSynonym of exode (“a comic performance after a tragedy”).
It was said that the campaigning of Crassus had ended, like a tragedy, with an exodium—which seems to mean an amusing scene.
1963, W[illiam] Beare, The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic, third edition, New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, Inc., page 20Synonyms: exode
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of exode (“a comic performance after a tragedy”).
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Origin
- Latinexodium
- Englishexodium
Borrowed from Latin exodium.
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