ἐπῳδή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and poet. ἐπᾰοιδή, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[song sung to]] or [[over]]: hence, [[enchantment]], [[spell]], ἐπαοιδῇ δ' αἷμα..ἔσχεθον <span class="bibl">Od.19.457</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.217</span> ; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 582</span> ; of the Magi, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.132</span> ; μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1194</span> ; ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.10</span> sq.; ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.33.13</span>; οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ' αὖ ἐπῳδαί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 426b</span> ; <b class="b3">θυσίαι καὶ ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">364b</span> ; τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>202e</span>, etc.: c. gen. obj., [[charm for]] or <b class="b2">against.</b>., τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>649</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> apptly., = [[ἐπῳδός]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, Poet.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>661.21 (pl.).</span>