ἐπεισόδ-ιος,ον,
A. coming in besides, adventitious,
σύμφυτον . ., οὐκ ἐ.
Plu. 2.451c
, cf. 584e ; ἐ. ἀκροάματα
Id. Luc. 40
; ἐπιθυμίαι
Id. Cat.Ma. 18
; φύκους ἄνθος ἐ.
AP 5.18
( Rufin. ).
II. ἐπεισόδιον,τό,addition for the purpose of giving pleasure,
Plu. 2.629c , 710d ;ἐ. γαστρός,of dessert, AP 6.232.6 ( Crin. (?)).
2. in Poetry,parenthetic addition, episode:
a. in Ep. poems, as the Catalogue in the Iliad, Arist. Po. 1459a36 .
b. in Tragedy, the portions of dialogue between two choric songs, ib. 1452b20 : then of allunderplotsorparenthetic narrativesin poetry, which might themselves form distinct wholes, ib. 1451b34 ; also in prose speeches, etc., D.H. Comp. 19 , Isoc. 4 , Th. 7 .