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

  • περὶ δὲ τὰσ καλουμένασ ἐπῳδοὺσ ἀμφότερα κινεῖν ταῦτα ἔξεστι τό τε μέλοσ καὶ τὸν ῥυθμόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1910)
  • εἶτ’ οὐκ ἐπῳδούσ φασιν ἰσχύειν τινέσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 17 3:8)
  • 18 γέγραφε δὲ δῆλον μὲν ὅτι τοὺσ νόμουσ, καὶ Δημηγορίασ καὶ Εἰσ Εαὑτὸν Ὑποθήκασ, ἐλεγεῖα, καὶ τὰ περὶ Σαλαμῖνοσ καὶ τῆσ Ἀθηναίων Πολιτείασ, ἔπη πεντακισχίλια, καὶ Ιἄμβουσ καὶ Ἐπῳδούσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section56)
  • γενόμενοι δὲ τοιοῦτοι πρὸσ τὰσ ἐπῳδοὺσ καὶ ἐμμέτρουσ μάλιστα φωνὰσ ἐκφέρονται. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 5:3)
  • Γέγραφε δὲ δῆλον μὲν ὅτι τοὺσ νόμουσ, καὶ δημηγορίασ καὶ εἰσ ἑαυτὸν ὑποθήκασ, ἐλεγεῖα, καὶ τὰ περὶ Σαλαμῖνοσ καὶ τῆσ Ἀθηναίων πολιτείασ ἔπη πεντακισχίλια, καὶ ἰάμβουσ καὶ ἐπῳδούσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. SOLWN 17:7)

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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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