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ἐπῳδός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπῳδός

Structure: ἐπῳδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pa/|dw

Sense

  1. singing to or over, an enchanter, acting as a charm for or against
  2. sung or said after, called after
  3. a verse or passage returning, a chorus, burden, refrain

Examples

  • γέρων, τούτων ἕνεκα, ἃσ ᾠδὰσ καλοῦμεν, ὄντωσ μὲν ἐπῳδαὶ ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ αὗται νῦν γεγονέναι, πρὸσ τὴν τοιαύτην ἣν λέγομεν συμφωνίαν ἐσπουδασμέναι, διὰ δὲ τὸ σπουδὴν μὴ δύνασθαι φέρειν τὰσ τῶν νέων ψυχάσ, παιδιαί τε καὶ ᾠδαὶ καλεῖσθαι καὶ πράττεσθαι, καθάπερ τοῖσ κάμνουσίν τε καὶ ἀσθενῶσ ἴσχουσιν τὰ σώματα ἐν ἡδέσι τισὶν σιτίοισ καὶ πώμασι τὴν χρηστὴν πειρῶνται τροφὴν προσφέρειν οἷσ μέλει τούτων, τὴν δὲ τῶν πονηρῶν ἐν ἀηδέσιν, ἵνα τὴν μὲν ἀσπάζωνται, τὴν δὲ μισεῖν ὀρθῶσ ἐθίζωνται. (Plato, Laws, book 2 45:1)
  • οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεισ οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ’ αὖ ἐπῳδαὶ αὐτὸν οὐδὲ περίαπτα οὐδὲ ἄλλο τῶν τοιούτων οὐδὲν ὀνήσει; (Plato, Republic, book 4 133:1)

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

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