ἐπῳδός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=όν<b class="b3">, (ἐπᾴδω)</b> <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[singing to]] or [[over]], [[using songs]] or [[charms]] to heal wounds, ἐπῳδοὶ μῦθοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>903b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Subst., [[enchanter]], ἐ. καὶ γόης <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 1038</span> (but γόης ἐ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>234</span>): c. gen., [[a charm for]] or [[against]], ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1418</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῶν τοιούτων</b> [[one to charm away]] such fears, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>78a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> c. dat., [[assisting]], [[profitable]], ἐ. γίγνεσθαι νέοις πρὸς ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>671a</span>; δυσπραξίᾳ ληφθεὶς ἐ. ἐστι τῷ πειρωμένῳ <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>364.4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[sung to music]], φωναί Plu.2.622d; [[fit for singing]], ποιητικὴν ἐ. παρέχειν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>6.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[sung]] or [[said after]], <b class="b3">μορφῆς ἐπῳδόν</b> [[called after]] this form, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hec.</span>1272</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Metre, as [[substantive]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ἐπῳδός, ἡ,</b> Sch.metr. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>4</span> (ὁ, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>17.3</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>19</span>), <b class="b2">epode, part of a lyric ode sung after the strophe and antistrophe</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">26</span>, Gal. l.c., Sch.metr. Pi.l.c., etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐπῳδός, ὁ,</b> [[verse]] or [[passage returning]] at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>19</span>; [[chorus]], [[burden]], [[refrain]], <span class="bibl">Ph. 1.312</span> : metaph., <b class="b3">ὁ κοινὸς ἁπάσης ἀδολεσχίας ἐ</b>. the 'old story', Plu.2.507e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[shorter verse of a couplet]], as in the metres invented by Archilochus, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.4</span> : hence of short poems written in such metres, ἐπῳδοί Heph.Poëm.<span class="bibl">7.2</span>; ἐπῳδά Plu.2.1141a.</span>