ˈeˌpōd noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin epodos, from Greek epōidos, from epōidos, sung or said after, from epaidein to sing to, literally, to sing after, from epi- + aidein to sing — more at ode
1. : a verse form composed of two lines differing in construction and often in meter, the second shorter than the first
the epodes of Horace's Fifth Book of Odes
2. : the third part of triadically constructed Greek odes following the strophe and the antistrophe