ἐμμέλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἐμμελής]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[harmony]] in [[music]] or the [[fit]] [[modulation]] of [[spoken]] [[word]]s, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>50</span>: generally, [[harmony]], [[gracefulness]], <b class="b3">ἀνασῴζειν τὴν ἐμμέλεια</b> Plu.2.747b; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἀγριοφανῆ καὶ αὐστηράν</b>, of Pan, <span class="bibl">Corn. <span class="title">ND</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ παρέργως, ἀλλὰ μετά τινος ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.217a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[a tragic dance]], opp. [[πυρρίχη]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>816b</span>; opp. [[σίκιννις]] and [[κόρδαξ]], <span class="bibl">Ath.1.20e</span>, <span class="bibl">14.631d</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>26</span>; the [[tune]] of this [[dance]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.129</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Com., <b class="b3">ἐμμέλεια κονδύλου</b> [[knuckle-dance]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1503</span>.</span>