ἔπος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[ἔπος]], εος, [ἔπω1]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[word]], Od., etc.:— a [[tale]], [[story]], lay, Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a pledged [[word]], [[promise]], Il., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[word]] of [[advice]], [[counsel]], Il.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> the [[word]] of a [[deity]], a [[prophecy]], [[oracle]], Od., Hdt., Trag.:—[[later]] also, a [[saying]], saw, [[proverb]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> the [[meaning]], [[substance]], [[subject]] of a [[speech]], a [[thing]] or [[matter]], Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Phrases:— ἅμα [[ἔπος]] τε καὶ [[ἔργον]] ἐποίεε "no [[sooner]] said [[than]] done," Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> κατ' [[ἔπος]] [[word]] by [[word]], [[exactly]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> οὐδὲν πρὸς [[ἔπος]] [[nothing]] to the [[purpose]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> ὡς [[ἔπος]] [[εἰπεῖν]] or ὡς [[εἰπεῖν]] [[ἔπος]], so to say, as the [[saying]] is, Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> ἑνὶ ἔπει in one [[word]], [[briefly]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in plural [[poetry]] in [[heroic]] [[verse]], epic [[poetry]], opp. to [[μέλη]] (lyric [[poetry]]), etc., Hdt., [[attic]]: also, [[generally]], [[poetry]], Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in sg. a [[verse]] or [[line]] of [[poetry]], Hdt., Ar.