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

  • οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀρχαῖοι μελοποιοί, λέγω δὲ Ἀλκαῖόν τε καὶ Σαπφώ, μικρὰσ ἐποιοῦντο στροφάσ, ὥστ’ ἐν ὀλίγοισ τοῖσ κώλοισ οὐ πολλὰσ εἰσῆγον μεταβολάσ, ἐπῳδοῖσ τε πάνυ ἐχρῶντο ὀλίγοισ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1913)
  • 857 τὸ τετράμετρον δακτυλικὸν εἰσ δισύλλαβον καταληκτικόν, ᾧ πρῶτοσ μὲν ἐχρήσατο Ἀρχίλοχοσ ἐν Ἐπῳδοῖσ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 426)
  • νῆσοσ, ἣν καὶ πόλιν Ἀρχίλοχοσ καλεῖ ἐν τοῖσ Ἐπῳδοῖσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 672)

Related

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

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