In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.

the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem

The second stanza of a Pindaric ode. See ode

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in .the home of joy. and. the joy of home..

The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.