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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

  • ἔστιν, ὦ φιλτάτη, ὅτι χρησίμη φαρμακίσ, Σύρα τὸ γένοσ, ὠμὴ ἔτι καὶ συμπεπηγυῖα, ἥ μοί ποτε Φανίαν χαλεπαίνοντα κἀκεῖνον εἰκῆ, ὥσπερ Χαρῖνοσ, διήλλαξε μετὰ μῆνασ ὅλουσ τέτταρασ, ὅτε ἐγὼ μὲν ἤδη ἀπεγνώκειν, ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπῳδῶν ἧκεν αὖθισ ἐπ̓ ἐμέ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:1)
  • ἀλλ’, εἴ τιν’ ἀλκὴν ἢ σοφοὺσ ἔχεισ λόγουσ ἢ φίλτρ’ ἐπῳδῶν, στεῖχ’, ἐρήτυσον τέκνα δεινῆσ ἁμίλλησ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 16:1)
  • καὶ τοῦτο παρῴδηκεν ἐκ τῶν Ἀρχιλόχου Ἐπῳδῶν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 361)
  • οὕτω εὑρ͂ον ἐν Ὑπομνήματι Ἐπῳδῶν Ἀρχιλόχου. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 369)
  • εἰ μέν σοι ἤδη πάρεστιν, ὡσ λέγει Κριτίασ ὅδε, σωφροσύνη καὶ εἶ σώφρων ἱκανῶσ, οὐδὲν ἔτι σοι ἔδει οὔτε τῶν Ζαλμόξιδοσ οὔτε τῶν Ἀβάριδοσ τοῦ Ὑπερβορέου ἐπῳδῶν, ἀλλ’ αὐτό σοι ἂν ἤδη δοτέον εἰή τὸ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ φάρμακον· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 74:3)

Related

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

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