- strophe (n.)
- c. 1600, from Greek strophe "stanza," originally "a turning," in reference to the section of an ode sung by the chorus while turning in one direction, from strephein "to turn," from PIE *streb(h)- "to wind, turn" (source also of Greek strophaligs "whirl, whirlwind," streblos "twisted," stremma "that which is twisted").
