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ἀείδω, Ion. and poet. form used by Hom. , Pi. , and sometimes in Trag. and Com. (even in trim., A. Ag. 16 , E. Fr. 188 ; intetram., Cratin. 305 ), also in Ion. Prose; contr.
ᾄδω(also Anacr. 45 , Theoc. ), Trag., Pl. , etc.:impf.
A.
ἤειδον
Od.
, Ep.
ἄειδον
Il.
, etc.; Trag. and Att.
ᾖδον
E. Alc. 761
, Th. 2.21 :fut.
ἀείσομαι
Od. 22.352
, Thgn. 943 , but ᾄσομαι
h.Hom. 6.2
, 32.19 , Thgn. 243 , and alwaysin Att. (ᾄσεις, ᾳ̈σουσινin Ar. Pax 1297 , Pl. Lg. 666d are corrupt); rarely in act. formἀείσω,
Close Browse lexicon entries Sapph. 11 , Thgn. 4 , Ar. Lys. 1243 ( Lacon. ), and late Poets, as Nonn. D. 13.47 (in E. HF 681
ἀείδωis restored by Elmsl.); still more rarelyᾄσω,
Babr. 12.13 , Men.Rh. p.381S. , Him. Or. 1.6 ; Dor.
ἄεισα [ᾰ] Od. 21.411 ; ἄεισον
, Pl. Ti. 21b :— Med. ,aor. ἀεισάμην(in act. sense) PMag.Lond. 47.43 , imper. ἀείσεο
(nisi leg.ἀείσεο):— Pass. , ἀείδομαι
:aor. ᾔσθην, v.infr. 11.1 :pf.
. (ἀϝείδω,cf.αὐδή, ὑδέω.)[ᾰ: butᾱmetri gr. Od. 17.519 , h.Hom. 12.1 , 27.1 ,Il.Parv..
1 , Thgn. 4 , Theoc. 7.41 , etc.]:—sing, Il. 1.604 , etc.: hence of all kinds of vocal sounds,crowas cocks, Pl.
223c ;hootas owls, Arat. 1000 ;croakas frogs, Arist. Mir. 835b3 , Thphr. Sign. 3.5 , etc.;οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄσονταιStes. ap. Arist. Rh. 1412a23 :—of other sounds,twang, of the bow-string, Od. 21.411 ;whistle, of the wind through a tree, Mosch. Fr. 1.8 ;ring, of a stone when struck, Theoc. 7.26 :—prov.,πρὶν νενικηκέναι ᾄδειν'to crowtoo soon', Pl. Tht. 164c .—Constr.:—ἀ. τινί sing toone, Od. 22.346 ; also,vie withonein singing, Theoc. 8.6 ;ᾄ. πρὸς αὐλὸν ἢ λύραν singto . . , Arist.
:—ἀείσας . . χαίρειν Δημοκλέα,poet. forεἰπών,
Epigr.Gr. 237.7 (Smyrna).
1. c. acc. rei,sing of, chant, μῆνιν ἄειδε
9.189 , Od. 1.326 ; τὸν Βοιώτιον νόμον
: c. gen. (sc.μέλος),singan air of . ., Φρυνίχου
, cf. 1225 : abs.,ἀ. ἀμφί τινος to singin one's praise, Od. 8.266 ; ἀμφί τινα
, cf. E. Tr. 513 ; εἴς τινα
: later, simply = καλεῖν , Ael. NA 3.28 :— Pass. , of songs,to be sung, Hdt. 4.35 ; τὰ λεχθέντα καὶ ᾀσέντα
;ᾆσμα καλῶς ᾀσθέν,opp.λόγος καλῶς ῥηθείς,
X. Cyr. 3.3.55 ;ᾄδεται λόγοςthe storyruns, Ph. 1.189 .
2. of persons, places, etc.,sing, praise, celebrate, B. 6.6 , etc.:— Pass. ,ἀείδεται θρέψαις' ἥρωας is celebratedas the nurse of heroes, Pi. P. 8.25 , cf. 5.24 .
Pass. ,to be filled with song, ἀείσετο πᾶν τέμενος . . θαλίαις
References Od. Il. E. Alc. 761 Th. 2.21 Od. 22.352 Thgn. 943 h.Hom. 6.2 32.19 Thgn. 243 Ar. Pax 1297 Pl. Lg. 666d Sapph. 11 Thgn. 4 Ar. Lys. 1243 Nonn. D. 13.47 E. HF 681 Babr. 12.13 p.381S. Him. Or. 1.6 Theoc. 3.38 Id. 1.145 Call. Epigr. 23.4 Opp. C. 3.1 Od. 21.411 E. Tr. 513 Ar. Th. 115 Ar. Nu. 1371 Pl. Ti. 21b PMag.Lond. 47.43 h.Hom. 17.1 Il. 1.1 1.473 9.189 Od. 1.326 S. Fr. 966 Ar. V. 269 1225 Od. 8.266 Terp. 2 Ael. NA 3.28 Hdt. 4.35 Pl. Ly. 205e X. Cyr. 3.3.55 Ph. 1.189 B. 6.6 Pi. P. 8.25 5.24 Pi. O. 10(11).76 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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