ἱλαρῳδός
From LSJ
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)
[ῐ], ὁ, (ᾠδή)
A singer of joyous (not 'comic') songs, Aristocl.Hist.8:—hence ἱλᾰρ-ῳδέω, Id.7; ἱλᾰρ-ωδία, Aristox.Fr.Hist.58, cf. Ath.14.621c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1250] ὁ, Dichter u. Sänger lustiger Lieder, Ath. XV, 697 d, vgl. XIV, 621 c.
Greek Monolingual
ἱλαρῳδός, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που τραγουδά χαρούμενα τραγούδια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἱλαρός + -ῳδός (< ῳδός, συνηρ. τ. του ἀοιδός «τραγουδιστής»), πρβλ. μελ-ωδός, τραγ-ωδός].
