(ōd) noun
1. In classical prosody, a lyric poem intended to be sung or chanted, exemplified by the Pindaric ode, consisting of three stanzas (strophe, antistrophe, and epode), and the Horatian ode, consisting of one stanzaic form throughout.
2. In modern usage, a lyric poem, rimed or unrimed, of lofty tone, treating progressively one dignified theme, often in the form of an address. [<MF <LL ode, oda <Gk. ōidē, aoidē a song <aeidein sing]
—od·ic (ō′dik) adjective

Way; path: anode, cathode. [<Gk. hodos a way]