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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

  • λέγουσι δ’ ὥσ τισ εἰσελήλυθε ξένοσ, γόησ ἐπῳδὸσ Λυδίασ ἀπὸ χθονόσ, ξανθοῖσι βοστρύχοισιν εὐοσμῶν κόμην, οἰνῶπασ ὄσσοισ χάριτασ Ἀφροδίτησ ἔχων, ὃσ ἡμέρασ τε κεὐφρόνασ συγγίγνεται τελετὰσ προτείνων εὐίουσ νεάνισιν. (Euripides, episode 3:1)
  • ἐπὶ διπλασιασθείσῃ τῇ̓ διποδίᾳ ἐπῳδὸσ τετράμετροσ, πλεονάζων μίᾳ συλλαβῇ τοῦ̓ ἑξαμέτρου Δήμητρι τῇ Πυλαίῃ, τῇ τοῦτον οὑκ Πελασγῶν Ἀκρίσιοσ τὸν νηὸν ἐδείματο, ταῦθ’ ὁ Ναυκρατίτησ καὶ τῇ κάτω θυγατρὶ τὰ δῶρα Τιμόδημοσ εἵσατο, τῶν κερδέων δεκατεύματα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 251)

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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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