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|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">limb</b>, in early writers always in pl., <span class="bibl">Il.7.131</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 1.47</span>, etc. (<b class="b3">κατὰ μέλος</b> is corrupt for <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρος</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>419</span>); <b class="b3">μελέων ἔντοσθε</b> within my <b class="b2">bodily frame</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>991</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>265</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κατὰ μέλη</b> (-εα) <b class="b2">limb by limb</b>, like [[μελεϊστί]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span>; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>795e</span>; <b class="b3">μέλη ποιεῖν</b> <b class="b2">dismember</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>1.16</span>: later in sg., <span class="title">AP</span>9.141, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>12.3</span>,al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἐσμὲν . . ἀλλήλων μέλη <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>12.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>6.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">features, form</b>, οὐκέτ' ἐγὼ . . γονέων μ. ὄψομαι <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>1077 (Sudan). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> esp. <b class="b2">musical member, phrase</b>: hence, <b class="b2">song, strain</b>, first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.16</span> (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being <b class="b3">μολπή</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.761</span>, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>699</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">lyric poetry</b>, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν</b> to write in <b class="b2">lyric strain</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.95</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.135</span>; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>; Ἀδμήτου μ. <span class="bibl">Cratin.236</span>; <b class="b3">μέλη, τά</b>, <b class="b2">lyric poetry, choral songs</b>, opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>379a</span>, <span class="bibl">607a</span>, al.; [<b class="b3">μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">398d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">lyric portion</b> of the Comic <b class="b3">παράβασις</b>, Heph.<b class="b2">Poëm</b>.<span class="bibl">8.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">music to which a song is set, tune</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a14</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ῥυθμός, μέτρον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 502c</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>656c</span>; <b class="b3">Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ</b>., <span class="bibl">Cratin.222</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.69.12</span>,<span class="bibl">14</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐν μέλει</b> <b class="b2">properly, correctly</b>, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>227d</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ μέλος</b> <b class="b2">incorrectly, inopportunely</b>, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.69</span>; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>28b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>696d</span>; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1123a22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EE</span>1233a39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">melody</b> of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ' αὖ φθέγγοιθ' ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός <span class="bibl">Thgn.761</span>; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.19</span>; πηκτίδων μέλη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>241</span>: generally, <b class="b2">tone</b>, μ. βοῆς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>756</span>. [In <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>502</span> <b class="b3">θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν</b> must be read for <b class="b3">θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν</b>, and <b class="b3">Ἕλλησιν δ' ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους</b> is corrupt in Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Paus.10.7.6</span>.]</span>
|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">limb</b>, in early writers always in pl., <span class="bibl">Il.7.131</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 1.47</span>, etc. (<b class="b3">κατὰ μέλος</b> is corrupt for <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρος</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>419</span>); <b class="b3">μελέων ἔντοσθε</b> within my <b class="b2">bodily frame</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>991</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>265</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κατὰ μέλη</b> (-εα) <b class="b2">limb by limb</b>, like [[μελεϊστί]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span>; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>795e</span>; <b class="b3">μέλη ποιεῖν</b> <b class="b2">dismember</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>1.16</span>: later in sg., <span class="title">AP</span>9.141, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>12.3</span>,al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἐσμὲν . . ἀλλήλων μέλη <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>12.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>6.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">features, form</b>, οὐκέτ' ἐγὼ . . γονέων μ. ὄψομαι <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>1077 (Sudan). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> esp. <b class="b2">musical member, phrase</b>: hence, <b class="b2">song, strain</b>, first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.16</span> (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being <b class="b3">μολπή</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.761</span>, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>699</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">lyric poetry</b>, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν</b> to write in <b class="b2">lyric strain</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.95</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.135</span>; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>; Ἀδμήτου μ. <span class="bibl">Cratin.236</span>; <b class="b3">μέλη, τά</b>, <b class="b2">lyric poetry, choral songs</b>, opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>379a</span>, <span class="bibl">607a</span>, al.; [<b class="b3">μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">398d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">lyric portion</b> of the Comic <b class="b3">παράβασις</b>, Heph.<b class="b2">Poëm</b>.<span class="bibl">8.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">music to which a song is set, tune</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a14</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ῥυθμός, μέτρον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 502c</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>656c</span>; <b class="b3">Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ</b>., <span class="bibl">Cratin.222</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.69.12</span>,<span class="bibl">14</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐν μέλει</b> <b class="b2">properly, correctly</b>, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>227d</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ μέλος</b> <b class="b2">incorrectly, inopportunely</b>, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.69</span>; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>28b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>696d</span>; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1123a22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EE</span>1233a39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">melody</b> of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ' αὖ φθέγγοιθ' ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός <span class="bibl">Thgn.761</span>; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.19</span>; πηκτίδων μέλη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>241</span>: generally, <b class="b2">tone</b>, μ. βοῆς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>756</span>. [In <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>502</span> <b class="b3">θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν</b> must be read for <b class="b3">θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν</b>, and <b class="b3">Ἕλλησιν δ' ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους</b> is corrupt in Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Paus.10.7.6</span>.]</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0127.png Seite 127]] τό, 1) das <b class="b2">Glied</b> des Leibes bei Menschen u. Thieren, nur im plur.; πλῆσθεν δ' ἄρα οἱ [[μέλε]]' ἐντὸς ἀλκῆς καὶ σθένεος Il. 17, 211, κατὰ δ' ἱδρὼς ἔῤῥεεν ἐκ μελέων Od. 18, 69, öfter, wie Hes.; κατὰ μέλεα, gliedweis, Glied für Glied, Her. 1, 119, wie τάμον κατὰ [[μέλη]] Pind. Ol. 1, 49; ψυχὰς ἀνέπνευσεν μελέων ἀφάτων N. 1, 47; κρεωκοποῦσι δυστήνων [[μέλη]] Aesch. Pers. 455; βοᾷ μελέων [[ἔνδοθεν]] [[ἦτορ]] 953; λύεταί μου [[μέλη]] Eur. Hec. 438, ἀσθενῶ [[μέλη]] Or. 228, γεραιὰ ἐς [[πέδον]] τιθεῖσα [[μέλη]] Troad. 1305, öfter; Plat. vrbdt πάντα τὰ τοῦ θνητοῦ ζώου μέρη καὶ [[μέλη]], Tim. 76 e, vgl. Legg. VII, 794 d; κάμπτεσθαι τὰ [[μέλη]] Phaed. 98 d; Arist. u. Sp. Auch in späterer Prosa, wie Plut. Coriol. 6. – 2) das <b class="b2">Lied</b> (wenn es von derselben Wurzel herkommt, etwa weil es aus Versfüßen, Versen und Strophen gliederweise zusammengesetzt ist) und die Sangweise, Melodie desselben; H. h. 18, 16; Theogn. 759; Pind. öfter, αὐλῶν τεῦχε πάμφωνον [[μέλος]] P. 12, 19, [[ἐγκώμιον]] ζεῦξαι [[μέλος]] N. 1, 7; auch ἐξύφαινε Λυδίᾳ σὺν ἁρμονίᾳ [[μέλος]] πεφιλημένον, 4, 45, u. κρητῆρα Μοισαίων μελέων κιρνάμεν, I. 5, 2; ἔτευξα τύμβῳ [[μέλος]], Aesch. Spt. 817, öfter; θρεομένη [[μέλη]], Suppl. 108; βοῶντος ἄτης τῆσδ' ἐπίσκοπον [[μέλος]], Soph. Ai. 955, wie [[μέλος]] γοερόν, Trauergesang, Eur. Hec. 84; [[μέλος]] εἰς Τροίαν ἰαχήσω, Troad. 515; [[ὑμεῖς]] δὲ ταῖς Μούσαις τι [[μέλος]] ὑπᾴσατε, Ar. Ran. 873; Plat. sagt Rep. III, 398 d ὅτι τὸ [[μέλος]] ἐκ τριῶν ἐστι συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ, vgl. Gorg. 502 c, εἴ τις περιέλοιτο τῆς ποιήσεως πάσης τό τε [[μέλος]] καὶ τὸν ῥυθμὸν καὶ τὸ [[μέτρον]], wo es Melodie bedeutet; bes. von lyrischen Gedichten, vgl. ἐν [[μέλει]] ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ, Rep. X, 607 d, öfter, ueben ᾠδή, II, 379 a stehen ἔπη, [[μέλη]], [[τραγῳδία]] neben einander; ἐν [[μέλει]] φθέγγεσθαι, was melodisch klingt, passend, Soph. 227 d; Gegentheil παρὰ [[μέλος]] τι φθέγγεσθαι oder εἰπεῖν, was unmelodisch, falsch, abgeschmackt ist, Phil. 28 b Critia. 106 b.
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English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A limb, in early writers always in pl., Il.7.131, Pi.N. 1.47, etc. (κατὰ μέλος is corrupt for κατὰ μέρος in h.Merc.419); μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, A.Pers.991 (lyr.), cf. Eu.265 (lyr.); κατὰ μέλη (-εα) limb by limb, like μελεϊστί, Pi.O.1.49, Hdt.1.119; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη Pl.Lg.795e; μέλη ποιεῖν dismember, LXX 2 Ma.1.16: later in sg., AP9.141, Gal.UP12.3,al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή Str.2.1.30.    2 metaph., ἐσμὲν . . ἀλλήλων μέλη Ep.Rom.12.5, cf. 1 Ep.Cor.6.15.    3 features, form, οὐκέτ' ἐγὼ . . γονέων μ. ὄψομαι BMus.Inscr.1077 (Sudan).    B esp. musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in h.Hom.19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn.761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S.Fr.699; esp. of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi.O.9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt.5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl.R.607d, cf. D.H. Comp.11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin.236; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs, opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl.R.379a, 607a, al.; [μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib.398d.    b lyric portion of the Comic παράβασις, Heph.Poëm.8.2.    2 music to which a song is set, tune, Arist.Po.1450a14; opp. ῥυθμός, μέτρον, Pl.Grg. 502c; opp. ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, Id.Lg.656c; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ., Cratin.222, Pl.Com.69.12,14: metaph., ἐν μέλει properly, correctly, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι Pl.Sph.227d; παρὰ μέλος incorrectly, inopportunely, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι Pi.N.7.69; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι Pl.Phlb.28b, Lg.696d; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι Arist.EN1123a22, cf. EE1233a39.    3 melody of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ' αὖ φθέγγοιθ' ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός Thgn.761; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. Pi.P.12.19; πηκτίδων μέλη S.Fr.241: generally, tone, μ. βοῆς E.El.756. [In h.Merc.502 θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν must be read for θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν, and Ἕλλησιν δ' ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους is corrupt in Epigr. ap. Paus.10.7.6.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 127] τό, 1) das Glied des Leibes bei Menschen u. Thieren, nur im plur.; πλῆσθεν δ' ἄρα οἱ μέλε' ἐντὸς ἀλκῆς καὶ σθένεος Il. 17, 211, κατὰ δ' ἱδρὼς ἔῤῥεεν ἐκ μελέων Od. 18, 69, öfter, wie Hes.; κατὰ μέλεα, gliedweis, Glied für Glied, Her. 1, 119, wie τάμον κατὰ μέλη Pind. Ol. 1, 49; ψυχὰς ἀνέπνευσεν μελέων ἀφάτων N. 1, 47; κρεωκοποῦσι δυστήνων μέλη Aesch. Pers. 455; βοᾷ μελέων ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ 953; λύεταί μου μέλη Eur. Hec. 438, ἀσθενῶ μέλη Or. 228, γεραιὰ ἐς πέδον τιθεῖσα μέλη Troad. 1305, öfter; Plat. vrbdt πάντα τὰ τοῦ θνητοῦ ζώου μέρη καὶ μέλη, Tim. 76 e, vgl. Legg. VII, 794 d; κάμπτεσθαι τὰ μέλη Phaed. 98 d; Arist. u. Sp. Auch in späterer Prosa, wie Plut. Coriol. 6. – 2) das Lied (wenn es von derselben Wurzel herkommt, etwa weil es aus Versfüßen, Versen und Strophen gliederweise zusammengesetzt ist) und die Sangweise, Melodie desselben; H. h. 18, 16; Theogn. 759; Pind. öfter, αὐλῶν τεῦχε πάμφωνον μέλος P. 12, 19, ἐγκώμιον ζεῦξαι μέλος N. 1, 7; auch ἐξύφαινε Λυδίᾳ σὺν ἁρμονίᾳ μέλος πεφιλημένον, 4, 45, u. κρητῆρα Μοισαίων μελέων κιρνάμεν, I. 5, 2; ἔτευξα τύμβῳ μέλος, Aesch. Spt. 817, öfter; θρεομένη μέλη, Suppl. 108; βοῶντος ἄτης τῆσδ' ἐπίσκοπον μέλος, Soph. Ai. 955, wie μέλος γοερόν, Trauergesang, Eur. Hec. 84; μέλος εἰς Τροίαν ἰαχήσω, Troad. 515; ὑμεῖς δὲ ταῖς Μούσαις τι μέλος ὑπᾴσατε, Ar. Ran. 873; Plat. sagt Rep. III, 398 d ὅτι τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν ἐστι συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ, vgl. Gorg. 502 c, εἴ τις περιέλοιτο τῆς ποιήσεως πάσης τό τε μέλος καὶ τὸν ῥυθμὸν καὶ τὸ μέτρον, wo es Melodie bedeutet; bes. von lyrischen Gedichten, vgl. ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ, Rep. X, 607 d, öfter, ueben ᾠδή, II, 379 a stehen ἔπη, μέλη, τραγῳδία neben einander; ἐν μέλει φθέγγεσθαι, was melodisch klingt, passend, Soph. 227 d; Gegentheil παρὰ μέλος τι φθέγγεσθαι oder εἰπεῖν, was unmelodisch, falsch, abgeschmackt ist, Phil. 28 b Critia. 106 b.