Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In class.antiq., the projecting structure on either side of the stage of a theater, including, besides apartments, the door or opening (parodos) by which the chorus entered the orchestra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Greek & Rom. Antiq.) One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.
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- noun historical One of two
apartments adjoining the ancientstage , probably used as dressing rooms.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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