singing to
ἐπῳδ-ός,όν , ̔ἐπᾴδὠ
A. singing toorover, using songsorcharmsto 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 fororagainst,
ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων
A. Ag. 1418
;ἐ. τῶν τοιούτων one to charm awaysuch 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. 2.622d
;fit for singing,
ποιητικὴν ἐ. παρέχειν
S.E. M. 6.16
.
b. sungorsaid after, μορφῆς ἐπῳδόν called afterthis form, E. Hec. 1272 .
II. in Metre, asSubst.,
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, verseorpassage returningat 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. 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. 2.1141a
.
