epos

1. 1.

   a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme

   Broaderpoetry
2. 2.

   a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

   Synonymsepic poemheroic poemepic

   Broaderpoem

   NarrowerAeneidDivine ComedyIliadOdysseyNibelungenliedchanson de gesterhapsodyheroic verse

Other forms of epos

plural

eposes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about epos

What does epos mean?

epos means "a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in epos?

epos has 2 syllables: e-pos. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for epos?

Close synonyms include epic poem, heroic poem, epic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epos a common word?

epos is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.