in the ancient Greek drama, one of the four parts or divisions of tragedy, being so much of the piece as included the catastrophe and unraveling of the plot, and answering nearly to our fourth and fifth acts.

among the Romans, consisted of certain humorous verses rehearsed by the exodiary at the end of the Fabulae Atellanae.

in the Septuagint, signifies the end or conclusion of a feast. Particularly it is used for the eighth day of the feast of tabernacles, which, it is said, had a special view to the commemoration of the exodus or departure out of Egypt.