Preposition in odes (3)
I believe the answer is:
ere
'preposition in odes' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Archaic word for before - a palindrome" , "One who steals" , "Before (lit.)" , "Before (literary)" , "Before, poetically" .)