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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

  • καὶ τοῦτο γὰρ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαί σοι καὶ ὀξυδερκέστατον ἐν βραχεῖ σε ^ ἀποφανῶ παρ’ Ὁμήρου τινὰ καὶ πρὸσ τοῦτο ἐπῳδὴν λαβών, κἀπειδὰν εἴπω τὰ ἔπη, μέμνησο μηκέτι ἀμβλυώττειν, ἀλλὰ σαφῶσ πάντα ὁρᾶν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 7:2)
  • μετὰ δ’ οὖν τὴν ἐπῳδὴν τρὶσ ἄν μου πρὸσ τὸ πρόσωπον ἀποπτύσασ, ἐπανῄει πάλιν οὐδένα τῶν ἀπαντώντων προσβλέπων. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 7:2)
  • τῆσ προδιαιτήσεωσ, περὶ μέσασ νύκτασ ἐπὶ τὸν Τίγρητα ποταμὸν ἀγαγὼν ἐκάθηρὲν τέ με καὶ ἀπέμαξε καὶ περιήγνισεν δᾳδὶ καὶ σκίλλῃ καὶ ἄλλοισ πλείοσιν, ἅμα καὶ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν ἐκείνην ὑποτονθορύσασ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 7:5)
  • εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:3)
  • σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἀκί, τὸν ἄρτον καὶ τὸ θεῖον καὶ τα ἄλλα πάντα πρὸσ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν εὐτρέπιζε. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:10)

Related

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

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