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ep⋅os

[ep-os]
–noun
1. an epic.
2. epic poetry.
3. a group of poems, transmitted orally, concerned with parts of a common epic theme.
4. a series of events suitable for treatment in epic poetry.

Origin:
1825–35; < L < Gk épos speech, tale, song; akin to L vōx voice, Skt vácas word, hymn
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ep·os   (ěp'ŏs')   
n.  
  1. A number of poems, not formally united, that treat an epic theme.

  2. An epic.


[Latin, from Greek; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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