προσῳδία,ἡ, (ᾠδή)
A. song sung to instrumental music,=ᾠδὴ πρὸς κιθάραν, Critias 57 , cf. Choerob. in Sch.D.T. p.124 H., Hsch. , Phot. , etc.
2.
= προσφώνησις
1 , A. Fr. 299 .
II. variation in pitchof the speaking voice,φθόγγοι καὶ π.tones andvoice-modulations, Pl. R. 399a .
2. pronunciationof a syllableon a certain pitch, Arist. SE 166b1 , 177b3 (where Uhlig ad D.T. (index) cj.ὀρόςforὅρος, cf. infr. 3 ), Po. 1461a22 ; τὸ δασύνειν ἢ ψιλοῦν ἢ ταῖς π. ἑτέρως τῆς συνηθείας ἐκφέρειν
Phld. Rh. 1.155S.
, cf. Str. 9.2.20 , D.H. Comp. 11 , 19 , Plu. 2.439d , Hermog. Stat. 2 ; ἀναγνωστέον κατὰ προσῳδίαν
D.T. 629.15
; Dionysius . . Thrax . . tres [prosodias] . . tradidit . .,βαρεῖαν ὀξεῖαν περισπωμένην Gramm. Lat.iv p.529 K.; prosodiam ibi esse dicimus ubi aut sursum est aut deorsum, ib. p.531 K.;περὶ καθολικῆς π., title of work by Hdn.Gr., Hdn.Gr. 2.924 .
3. more generally, to include other normally unwritten differences of pronunciation, viz. quantity and breathing,