λυσιῳδός

λῡσῐῳδός, ὁ,

• one who played womenʼs characters in male attire, Aristox. Fr.Hist. 57, Posidon. 4 J., Phld. Ind.Sto. 7, Plu. Sull. 36: so called from Λῦσις, who wrote songs for such actors, Str. 14.1.41: distd. from μαγῳδός, ibid., but identified with μ. by Aristocl.Hist. 7: fem. ἡ λυσιῳδός Ath.Naucr. (FGrH 166) 1 J.
• • II as Adj., λ. αὐλοί flutes that accompanied such songs, Ephor. 3 J. (nisi leg. λυσιῳδ<ικ>ῶν).

λῡσῐῳδός -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ [Λῦσις, ᾠδή] lysiodos, actor (or actress) in a lysiodia (a kind of mime) Aristox. 57 Strab. 14.1.41 Plut. Sul. 36.2 etc. ‖ adj. pertaining to a lysiodos, of an aulos (mus. instrum.) Ath. 4.182c (unc. read.).

λυσιῳδός, [ῡ], ὁ, u. ἡ, eine Art Pantomimen, welche von ihrem Erfinder Lysis ihren Namen haben sollen, vgl. Ath. XIV.620e, wo Aristocles sie = μαγῳδοί erkl., Aristoxenus aber sagt τὸν γυναικεῖα πρόσωπα ἀνδρείοις ὑποκρινόμενον καλεῖσθαι λυσ.; – λυσιῳδοῖς ὑπαυλεῖν, VI.252e, λυσιῳδοῦ γυναικός, V.211 ; Plut. Sull. 36 ; Strab. XIV p. 648.

λυσιῳδός λυσι-ῳδός, οῦ, ὁ,

• one who played womenʼs characters in male attire, Plut.