Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀντῳδός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντῳδός ἀντῳδόν

Structure: ἀντῳδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/idw

Sense

  1. singing in answer, responsive

Examples

  • Ἠχὼ λόγων ἀντῳδὸσ ἐπικοκκάστρια, ἥπερ πέρυσιν ἐν τῷδε ταὐτῷ χωρίῳ Εὐριπίδῃ καὐτὴ ξυνηγωνιζόμην. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, iambics4)
  • ὃσ δὲ μελίζει ἀντῳδὸν τέττιξ φθέγματοσ ἁρμονίαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 668 2:1)
  • ἀλλά, φίλοσ, φθέγγου τι νέον δενδρώδεσι Νύμφαισ παίγνιον, ἀντῳδὸν Πανὶ κρέκων κέλαδον, ὄφρα φυγὼν τὸν Ἔρωτα, μεσημβρινὸν ὕπνον ἀγρεύσω ἐνθάδ’ ὑπὸ σκιερᾷ κεκλιμένοσ πλατάνῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 196 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. singing in answer

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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