καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
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P. and V. μέλος, τό, ᾠδή, ἡ, ὕμνος, ὁ, V. ἀοιδή, ἡ; see song.
ōdē: or ōda, ae, = ᾠδή,
I a song, esp. a lyric song, an ode (post-class. for carmen), Auct. Carm. Philom. 13; 25.