Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ μάγου τινὸσ εἶναι λέγοντοσ καὶ ἐπῳδὰσ ἔχειν ἰσχυράσ, ὡσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἅπαντασ ἀναπεισθῆναι παρέχειν αὐτῷ ὁπόσα βούλεται, Μὴ θαύμαζε, ἔφη· (Lucian, (no name) 23:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ λαμβάνει τισ αὐτὸν ἐραστὴσ γόησ τῶν μαγείασ καὶ ἐπῳδὰσ θεσπεσίουσ ὑπισχνουμένων καὶ χάριτασ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐρωτικοῖσ καὶ ἐπαγωγὰσ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ καὶ θησαυρῶν ἀναπομπὰσ καὶ κλήρων διαδοχάσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 5:2)
  • αἰσχυνθήσεται γὰρ ὀρχεῖσθαι γυνὴ γεωμετρεῖν μανθάνουσα, καὶ φαρμάκων ἐπῳδὰσ οὐ προσδέξεται τοῖσ Πλάτωνοσ ἐπᾳδομένη λόγοισ καὶ τοῖσ Ξενοφῶντοσ. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 48 5:2)
  • οὐ πρὸσ ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰσ πρὸσ τομῶντι πήματι. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 3:18)
  • τούτων ἐπῳδὰσ οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατὴρ οὑμόσ, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντ’ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων τίθησιν οὐδὲν ἀσθμαίνων μένει. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 5:7)

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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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