2. the first of the three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode. 3. (in modern poetry) any separate section or extended movement in a poem, distinguished from a stanza in that it does not follow a regularly repeated pattern. strophá¸ turning, twist, strophe, n. derivative of strephein strÃ©phein to, turn]. Twist see: Also. Drama see: Also. verse
adj. 1. Of or relating to the Baltic Sea, the Baltic States, or a Baltic-speaking people. 2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that contains Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
Only Old Prussian, of all the extinct Baltic languages, left any written records, and they are quite poor. The Prussians lived in East Prussia (i.e., between the lower reaches of the Vistula and Neman [Lithuanian Nemunas] rivers on the Baltic coast).