ἐπαοιδός
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
ὁ, A = ἐπῳδός, LXXEx.7.11,22,al., Ph.1.449 (pl.), Arr. Epict.3.24.10, Man.5.183 (pl.). Adv. ἐπαοιδ-ῶς by way of a charm, Steph. in Hp.2.458D.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπαοιδός: ὁ, = ἐπῳδός, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξοδ. Ζ΄, 11, 22), Φίλων Ι. 449, 11, κλ. Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἐπαοιδοί· φαρμακοί, γόητες».
Greek Monolingual
ἐπαοιδός, ο (AM)
μάντης, μάγος, γόης (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ἐπαοιδοί
φαρμακοί, γόητες».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + αοιδός «τραγουδιστής, ραψωδός»
Ποιητ. τ. του επωδός].