ῥαψῳδός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ῥαψῳδός
ῥαψῳδοῦ
Structure:
ῥαψῳδ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- rhapsodist
- One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἢν δὲ ποιητικὸσ αὐτὸσ ἢ συγγραφικὸσ ὁ πλούσιοσ ᾖ, παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τὰ αὑτοῦ ῥαψῳδῶν, τότε καὶ μάλιστα διαρραγῆναι χρὴ ἐπαινοῦντα καὶ κολακεύοντα καὶ τρόπουσ ἐπαίνων καινοτέρουσ ἐπινοοῦντα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 35:5)
- σύ μοι δοκεῖσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, κομιδῇ ἀπαίδευτοσ εἶναι μηδὲ ἀνεγνωκέναι τὰ Ὁμήρου ποιήματα, ἐν οἷσ καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ ἵπποσ ὁ Ξάνθοσ μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσασ τῷ χρεμετίζειν ἕστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πολέμῳ διαλεγόμενοσ, ἔπη ὅλα ῥαψῳδῶν, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἐγὼ νῦν ἄνευ τῶν μέτρων. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:6)
- ἀλλ’ ἐποποιῶν, ὦ Ζεῦ, καὶ ῥαψῳδῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἐγὼ δὲ ἥκιστα ποιητικόσ εἰμι· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 6:11)
- ὅταν μὲν γὰρ τῶν ῥαψῳδῶν ἀκούωσιν, ὅτι καὶ ἐρῶμεν καὶ τιτρωσκόμεθα καὶ δεσμούμεθα καὶ δουλεύομεν καὶ στασιάζομεν καὶ μυρία ὅσα πράγματα ἔχομεν, καὶ ταῦτα μακάριοι καὶ ἄφθαρτοι ἀξιοῦντεσ εἶναι, τί ἄλλο ἢ δικαίωσ καταγελῶσι καὶ ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ τίθενται τὰ ἡμέτερα; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 20:1)
- καὶ ταῦτα ἔπραξα βάρβαροσ ὢν καὶ ἀπαίδευτοσ παιδείασ τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ καὶ οὔτε Ὅμηρον ὥσπερ οὗτοσ ῥαψῳδῶν οὔτε ὑπ̓ Ἀριστοτέλει τῷ σοφιστῇ παιδευθείσ, μόνῃ δὲ τῇ φύσει ἀγαθῇ χρησάμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 8:1)
- εἰ μὲν οὖν πλησίον ἦν ἡ πόλισ καὶ φανερὰ ἰδεῖν ἅπασι, πάλαι ἄν, εὖ ἴσθι, μηδὲν ἐνδοιάσασ αὐτὸσ ᾔειν ἐσ αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπολιτευόμην ἂν ἐκ πολλοῦ, ἐπεὶ δέ, ὡσ ὑμεῖσ φατε, σύ τε καὶ Ἡσίοδοσ ὁ ῥαψῳδόσ, πάνυ πόρρω ἀπῴκισται, ἀνάγκη ζητεῖν ὁδόν τε τὴν ἄγουσαν ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν καὶ ἡγεμόνα τὸν ἄριστον. (Lucian, 51:2)
- "μεθ’ οὓσ ἐπεδείξατο ῥαψῳδὸσ Ἄλεξισ Ταραντῖνοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 549)
- τοὺσ δ’ Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ Καθαρμοὺσ ἐρραψῴδησεν Ὀλυμπίασι Κλεομένησ ὁ ῥαψῳδόσ, ὥσ φησιν Δικαίαρχοσ ἐν τῷ Ὀλυμπικῷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 12 3:1)
- πῶσ οὐκ, ὅθ’ ἡ ῥαψῳδὸσ ἐνθάδ’ ἦν κύων, ηὔδασ τι τοῖσδ’ ἀστοῖσιν ἐκλυτήριον; (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 6:3)
- τοὺσ δὲ Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ Καθαρμοὺσ ἐρραψῴδησεν Ὀλυμπίασι Κλεομένησ ὁ ῥαψῳδόσ, ὥσ φησιν Δικαίαρχοσ ἐν τῷ Ὀλυμπικῷ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section15)