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ἐπῳδός

ἐπῳδός, singing to, (n) an enchanter, an epode

ἐπῳδ-ός, όν, (ἐπᾴδω)
  • singing to or over, using songs or charms to heal wounds, ἐπῳδοὶ μῦθοι Pl. Lg. 903b.
        • b Subst., enchanter, ἐ. καὶ γόης E. Hipp. 1038 (but γόης ἐ. Ba. 234): c. gen., a charm for or against, ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων A. Ag. 1418; ἐ. τῶν τοιούτων one to charm away such fears, Pl. Phd. 78a.
        • c c. dat., assisting, profitable, ἐ. γίγνεσθαι νέοις πρὸς ἀρετήν Id. Lg. 671a; δυσπραξίᾳ ληφθεὶς ἐ. ἐστι τῷ πειρωμένῳ Trag.Adesp. 364.4.
      • 2 Pass., sung to music, φωναί Plu. QConv. 2.622d; fit for singing, ποιητικὴν ἐ. παρέχειν S.E. M. 6.16.
        • b sung or said after, μορφῆς ἐπῳδόν called after this form, E. Hec. 1272.
    • II in Metre, as Subst.,
      • 1 ἐπῳδός, ἡ, Sch.metr. Pi. O. 4 (ὁ, Gal. UP 17.3, dub. in D.H. Comp. 19), epode, part of a lyric ode sung after the strophe and antistrophe, ib. 26, Gal. l.c., Sch.metr. Pi. l.c., etc.
      • 2 ἐπῳδός, ὁ, verse or passage returning at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H. Comp. 19; chorus, burden, refrain, Ph. 1.312: metaph., ὁ κοινὸς ἁπάσης ἀδολεσχίας ἐ. the ‘old story’, Plu. Garr. 2.507e.
        • b shorter verse of a couplet, as in the metres invented by Archilochus, Hermog. Inv. 4.4: hence of short poems written in such metres, ἐπῳδοί Heph. Poëm. 7.2; ἐπῳδά Plu. Mus. 2.1141a.

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