Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exodos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-o-dos
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy.

Example Sentences

"1994, Carlo Ferdinando Russo (author and translator), Aristophanes: An Author for the Stage, [1962, Aristofane autore di teatro], page 173, The exodos requires three actors, one for the Athenian (thirty iambic trimeters), one for his companion (five iambic trimeters) and one for the Spartan Singer (three iambic trimeters and around forty lyrical lines)."
"Then scenes alternate with choral songs, till the final exodos ("going-out") of the actors and chorus."
"Every Greek drama ends with an exodos. It is obligatory that the stage be left empty. It is left by the actors and the chorus."
"Non-speaking Characters Hermione in prologue and exodos, Pylades in exodos, Electra in exodos, Helen in exodos"
"In this respect, the parodoi and the exodoi of Old Comedy may operate as typical literary sphragis-like pieces; see details in Hordern (2002) 228-9; Calame (2004a); on the exodoi of Aristophanes as signature pieces see Calame (2004b) 182-3."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “a departure”). Doublet of exodus.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *sed-, ἔξοδος

Inflected Forms

exodoi (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

exodus

Questions

What does exodos mean?: A final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy.
Where does exodos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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