παρῳδία
μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → not to be born is, past all prizing, best | not to be born excels the whole account | not to be born exceeds every possible estimate | not to be born is, beyond all estimation, best | never to have lived is best | not to be born is best of all
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A burlesque, parody, Ἡγήμων ὁ Θάσιος ὁ τὰς π. ποιήσας πρῶτος Arist.Po. 1448a13, cf.Ath. 15.698b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 529] ἡ, Nebengesang, bes. Parodie, vgl. παρῳδέω; Arist. poet. 2; παρῳδιῶν ποιηταί, Ath. XV, 698 b; Folgde.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παρῳδία: ἡ, τὸ παρῳδεῖν τι, τὸ διαστρέφαιν κωμικῶς λόγον σπουδαῖον ἢ ποίημα, «παρῳδία· οὕτω λέγεται ὅταν ἐκ τραγῳδίας μετενεχθῇ λόγος εἰς κωμῳδίαν» (Σουΐδ. ἐν λέξ. παρῳδούμενος), Ἡγήμων ὁ Θάσιος ὁ τὰς π. ποιήσας πρῶτος Ἀριστ. Ποιητ. 2, 5, πρβλ. Ἀθήν. 698Β· περὶ τῶν παρῳδιῶν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἴδε G. H. Moser ἐν Heidelb. Studien 6, 2, σελ. 267 κἑξ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
imitation bouffonne d’un morceau poétique, parodie.
Étymologie: παρῳδός.
