English Explanatory Dictionary

parabasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.

Word forms

parabasis parabases

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράβασις (parábasis).

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