ἀοιδός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ, ([[ἀείδω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[singer]], [[minstrel]], [[bard]], Il.24.720, Od.3.270, al., Hes.''Th.''95, ''Op.''26, Sapph.92, etc.; ἀ. ἀνήρ Od.3.267; θεῖος ἀ. 4.17, 8.87, al.; τοῦ ἀρίστου ἀνθρώπων ἀ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.24; πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''983a4: c.gen., <b class="b3">γόων, χρησμῶν ἀοιδός</b>, E.''HF''110, ''Heracl.'' 403; <b class="b3">πρᾶτος ἀ.</b>, of the cock, Theoc.18.56.<br><span class="bld">2</span> fem., [[songstress]], πολύϊδρις ἀ. Id.15.97; of the nightingale, Hes.''Op.''208; of the Sphinx, S.''OT''36, E.''Ph.''1507 (lyr.); ἀοιδὸς Μοῦσα Id.''Rh.''386 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[enchanter]], S.''Tr.''1000.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[tuneful]], [[musical]], ἀοιδοτάταν ὄρνιθα E.''Hel.''1109 (lyr.), cf. Theoc.12.7, Call.''Del.''252, ''IG''12(2).443.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., = [[ἀοίδιμος]], [[famous]], πολλὸν ἀοιδοτέρη Arcesil. ap. D.L.4.30.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[εὐνοῦχος]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; cf. [[δοῖδος]].