spell
From LSJ
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἐπῳδή, ἡ, V. κήλημα, τό, θέλκτρον, τό. θέλγητρον, τό, θελκτήριον, τό, κηλητήριον, τό.
magic: P. μαγγανεύματα, τὰ, V. μαγεύματα, τά.
use spells, v.: Ar. μαγγανεύειν, V. μαγεύειν.
potion: P. and V. φάρμακον, τό, P. and V. φίλτρον, τό; see potion.
use of potions: P. φαρμακεία, ἡ.
remove by spells, v.: P. and V. ἐξεπᾴδειν.
mutter spells: P. and V. ἐπᾴδειν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1212).
