ἀείδω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and ''poet.'' form used by Hom., Pi., and sometimes in Trag. and Com. (even in trim., A.''Ag.''16, E.''Fr.''188; intetram., Cratin. 305), also in Ion. Prose; contr. [[ᾄδω]] (also Anacr.45, Theoc.), Trag., Pl., etc.: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἤειδον Od., Ep. [[ἄειδον]] Il., etc.; Trag. and Att. [[ᾖδον]] E.''Alc.''761, Th.2.21: fut. ἀείσομαι Od.22.352, Thgn.943, but ᾄσομαι ''h.Hom.''6.2, 32.19, Thgn.243, and alwaysin Att. ([[ᾄσεις]], [[σουσιν]] in Ar. ''Pax''1297, Pl.''Lg.''666d are corrupt); rarely in act. form [[ἀείσω]], Sapph. 11, Thgn.4, Ar.''Lys.''1243 (Lacon.), and late Poets, as [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 13.47 (in E.''HF''681 [[ἀείδω]] is restored by Elmsl.); still more rarely [[ᾄσω]], Babr. 12.13, Men.Rh.p.381S., Him.''Or.''1.6; Dor. [[ᾀσεῦμαι]] Theoc.3.38, ᾀσῶ Id.1.145: aor. ἤεισα Call.''Epigr.''23.4, Opp.''C.''3.1, Ep. <b class="b3">ἄεισα</b> [ᾰ] Od.21.411; ἄεισον E.''Tr.''513 (lyr.); ἀείσατε Ar.''Th.''115 (lyr.); ᾖσα Ar.''Nu.'' 1371, Pl.''Ti.''21b:—Med., aor. ἀεισάμην (in act. sense) ''PMag.Lond.'' 47.43, imper. ἀείσεο ''h.Hom.''17.1 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἀείσεο]]):—Pass., ἀείδομαι Pi., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]: ''poet.'' impf. ἀείδετο Pi.: aor. ᾔσθην, v. infr. 11.1: pf. ᾖσμαι Pl.Com.69.11. ([[ἀϝείδω]], cf. [[αὐδή]], [[ὑδέω]].) [ᾰ: but ᾱ metri gr. Od. 17.519, ''h.Hom.''12.1, 27.1, Il.Parv..1, Thgn.4, Theoc.7.41, etc.]:—[[sing]], Il.1.604, etc.: hence of all kinds of vocal sounds, [[crow]] as cocks, Pl.Smp..223c; [[hoot]] as owls, Arat.1000; [[croak]] as frogs, Arist. ''Mir.''835b3, [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''3.5, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄσονται</b> Stes. ap.Arist.''Rh.''1412a23:—of other sounds, [[twang]], of the bow-string, Od.21.411; [[whistle]], of the wind through a tree, Mosch.''Fr.''1.8; [[ring]], of a stone when struck, Theoc.7.26:—[[proverb|prov.]], [[πρὶν νενικηκέναι ᾄδειν]] = [[crow]] [[before]] [[win]]ning, 'to [[crow too soon]]', [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''164c.—Constr.:—<b class="b3">ἀ. τινί</b> [[sing]] to one, Od.22.346; also, [[vie with]] one in singing, Theoc.8.6; <b class="b3">ᾄ. πρὸς αὐλὸν ἢ λύραν</b> [[sing]] to... Arist.Pr..918a23; ὑπ' αὐλοῖς Plu.2.41c:—<b class="b3">ἀείσας.. χαίρειν Δημοκλέα</b>, ''poet.'' for [[εἰπών]], ''Epigr.Gr.''237.7 (Smyrna).<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. rei, [[sing of]], [[chant]], μῆνιν ἄειδε Il.1.1; παιήονα 1.473; <b class="b3">κλέα ἀνδρῶν, νόστον</b>, 9.189, Od.1.326; τὸν Βοιώτιον νόμον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''966: c. gen. (''[[sc.]]'' [[μέλος]]), [[sing]] an air of... Φρυνίχου Ar.''V.''269, cf. 1225: abs., <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀμφί τινος</b> to [[sing]] in one's [[praise]], Od.8.266; ἀμφί τινα Terp.2, cf. E.''Tr.''513; εἴς τινα Ar.''Lys.'' 1243: later, simply = [[καλεῖν]], Ael.''NA''3.28:—Pass., of songs, to [[be sung]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.35; τὰ λεχθέντα καὶ ᾀσέντα Pl.''Ly.''205e; <b class="b3">ᾆσμα καλῶς ᾀσθέν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">λόγος καλῶς ῥηθείς</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.55; [[ᾄδεται λόγος]] the [[story]] [[run]]s, Ph.1.189.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, places, etc., [[sing]], [[praise]], [[celebrate]], B.6.6, etc.:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀείδεται θρέψαισ' ἥρωας</b> is [[celebrate]]d as the [[nurse]] of [[hero]]es, Pi.''P.''8.25, cf. 5.24.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., to [[be filled with song]], ἀείσετο πᾶν τέμενος.. θαλίαις Pi.''O.''10(11).76.