ἐπῳδή

English (LSJ)

Ion. and poet. ἐπᾰοιδή, ἡ,

   A song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, ἐπαοιδῇ δ' αἷμα..ἔσχεθον Od.19.457, cf. Pi.P.4.217 ; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι S.Aj. 582 ; of the Magi, Hdt.1.132 ; μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν A.Pr. 174, cf. S.OC1194 ; ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν X.Mem.2.6.10 sq.; ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι Anaxandr.33.13; οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ' αὖ ἐπῳδαί Pl.R. 426b ; θυσίαι καὶ ἐ. ib.364b ; τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ. Id.Smp.202e, etc.: c. gen. obj., charm for or against.., τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ A.Eu.649.    II apptly., = ἐπῳδός 11, Poet.Oxy.661.21 (pl.).