ἐπῳδός

English (LSJ)

όν, (ἐπᾴδω)

   A singing to or over, using songs or charms to heal wounds, ἐπῳδοὶ μῦθοι Pl.Lg.903b.    b Subst., enchanter, ἐ. καὶ γόης E.Hipp. 1038 (but γόης ἐ. Ba.234): c. gen., a charm for or against, ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων A.Ag.1418 ; ἐ. τῶν τοιούτων one to charm away such fears, Pl.Phd.78a.    c c. dat., assisting, profitable, ἐ. γίγνεσθαι νέοις πρὸς ἀρετήν Id.Lg.671a ; δυσπραξίᾳ ληφθεὶς ἐ. ἐστι τῷ πειρωμένῳ Trag.Adesp.364.4.    2 Pass., sung to music, φωναί Plu.2.622d ; fit for singing, ποιητικὴν ἐ. παρέχειν S.E.M.6.16.    b sung or said after, μορφῆς ἐπῳδόν called after this form, E. Hec.1272.    II in Metre, as Subst.,    1 ἐπῳδός, ἡ, Sch.metr. Pi.O.4 (ὁ, Gal.UP17.3, dub. in D.H.Comp.19), epode, part of a lyric ode sung after the strophe and antistrophe, ib.26, Gal. l.c., Sch.metr. Pi.l.c., etc.    2 ἐπῳδός, ὁ, verse or passage returning at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H.Comp.19 ; chorus, burden, refrain, Ph. 1.312 : metaph., ὁ κοινὸς ἁπάσης ἀδολεσχίας ἐ. the 'old story', Plu.2.507e.    b shorter verse of a couplet, as in the metres invented by Archilochus, Hermog.Inv.4.4 : hence of short poems written in such metres, ἐπῳδοί Heph.Poëm.7.2 ; ἐπῳδά Plu.2.1141a.