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Stasimon

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Stasimon
    stăs"ĭ*mŏn In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapæstics.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) stasimon
    In anc. Gr. lit., any song of the chorus in a drama after the parodos. The parabasis of a comedy is not, however, called a stasimon. Some authorities limit the use of the term to tragedy. The name is derived not, as stated by scholiasts, from the chorus's standing still during a stasimon (which cannot have been the case), but from the fact that it was sung after they had taken their station in the orchestra.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Stasimon
    stas′i-mon an ode sung by the whole chorus, after the parode
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary NL., from Gr. sta`simon, neut. of sta`simos stationary, steadfast

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr.