Zambelis Spyros
Παλαιό Μέλος
echeion
ἠχεῖον
ἠχεῖον , τό, (ἦχος)
A. drum, gong, Plu.Crass.23, Apollod. ap. Sch. Theoc.2.36, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr.p.153B.; tambourine, as head-dress, Herm.Trism.in Rev.Phil.32.254; used for stage-thunder, Sch.Ar. Nu.292; as sounding-boards in the theatre, Vitr.5.5.2.
II. in the lyre, = χάλκωμα, apptly. a metallic sounding-plate, Hsch.; so of the palate, Gal.UP7.5.
2. Adj. ἠχεῖον ὄργανον sounding instrument, Ph.1.588, cj.ib.444,510.
Echembrotus
Έχέμβροτος
eidos
εἰδoς
eiresia
εἰρεσία
boat-song, to which the rowers kept time, “αὐλεῖν εἰρεσίαν” Plu.Alc.32, cf. Luc.VH1.40.
eresione
εἰρεσιώνη
εἰρεσι^ώνη , ἡ, (εἶρος)
A. branch of olive or laurel wound round with wool and hung with fruits, dedicated to Apollo and borne about by singing boys at the Πυανόψια and Θαργήλια, while offerings were made to Helios and the Hours, and afterwards hung up at the house-door, Eup.119, Ar.Eq.729, V.399, Pl.1054, cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.157, Sch.Ar. ll. cc.
2. the song itself, Hom.Epigr.15, Plu.Thes. 22.
ekbole
ἐκβολή
ekchordos
ἔκχορδος
ekkrusis-eklepsis
ἔκκρουσις-ἔκληψις
ekkrousmos-ekklemmatismos
ἐκκρουσμός-ἐκλημματισμος
eklaktisma
ἐκλάκτισμα
ἐκλάκτ-ισμα , ατος, τό,
A. dance, in which the legs are thrown up behind, fling, Poll.4.102.
eklelymena mele
ἐκλελυμένα μέλη
eklysis
ἔκλυσις
lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones (διέσεις), Bacch.Intr.41, Aristid.Quint.1.10, Plu.2.1141b.
ekmeles
ἐκμελής
ἐκμελής , ές, (μέλος)
A. out of tune, dissonant, Ph.1.375, al., Ti.Locr. 101b, Plu.Demetr.1; unbridled, “φιλοτιμία” Id.Lys.23; of persons, Just.Nov.136.6. Adv. “-λῶς” Poll.4.57.
ekpyrosis
ἐκπύρωσις
a kind of dance, Menipp. ap. Ath.14.629f.
ekrhythmos
ἔκρυθμος
ἔκρυθμος , ον,
A. out of tune, S.E.M.11.186, Philostr.VA8.7.
II. of the pulse, irregular, Gal.8.516.
ektonos
ἔκτονος
elegeia
ἐλεγεία
elegos
ἔλεγος
ἔλεγος , ὁ,
A. song, melody, orig. accompanied by the flute, cf. ἄλυρος ἔ. E.Hel.185 (lyr.), IT146 (lyr.); “Ἀσίας ἔ. ἰήϊος” Id.Hyps.Fr.3(1)iii9; so Ἔλεγοι, title of a νόμος αὐλῳδικός, Plu.2.1132d; of the song of the nightingale, Ar.Av.218(pl.); ἔλεγον οἶτον, of the halcyon, E.IT1091 (lyr.); later, lament, song of mourning, A.R.2.782.
II. poem in elegiac distichs, Call.Fr.121; ἱλαροὶ ἔ. AP10.19 (Apollonid.). (Commonly derived from ἒ ἒ λέγειν, to cry woe! woe! EM326.49.)
elymos
ἔλυμος
a kind of Phrygian pipe, made of box-wood, with a horn tip and bend in the left pipe, “ἔλυμοι αὐλοί” S.Fr.450,644, Call.Com.18; used by the Cyprians, Cratin.Jun.3.
embaterion melos
ἐμβατήριον μέλος
ἐμβα^τ-ήριος , ον,
A. of or for marching, “ἐ. παιάν” Plu.Lyc.22, cf. Ath.14.630f; κινήσεις ἐ. Phillis 3.
II. Subst., ἐ. (sc. μέλος), τό, marching tune, Plb.4.20.12, Polyaen.1.10; of the anapaests of Tyrtaeus, D.Chr.2.59.
embaterios aulos
ἐμβατήριος αὐλός
embolimon
ἐμβόλιμον
τὰ ἐ. choral interludes, Arist.Po.1456a29.
emmeleia
ἐμμέλεια , ἡ, (ἐμμελής)
A. harmony in music or the fit modulation of spoken words, D.H.Dem.50: generally, harmony, gracefulness, ἀνασῴζειν τὴν ἐ. Plu.2.747b; ἐ. ἀγριοφανῆ καὶ αὐστηράν, of Pan, Corn. ND27; οὐ παρέργως, ἀλλὰ μετά τινος ἐ. Jul.Or.7.217a.
II. a tragic dance, opp. πυρρίχη, Pl.Lg.816b; opp. σίκιννις and κόρδαξ, Ath.1.20e, 14.631d, Luc.Salt.26; the tune of this dance, Hdt.6.129.
II. Com., ἐ. κονδύλου knuckle-dance, Ar.V.1503.
emmeles
ἐμμελής
in tune, harmonious, opp. “πλημμελής, ἐ. φωνή” Ti.Locr.101b, Plu.2.1014c, etc.; “προσόδιον” SIG662.9 (Delos, ii B.C.); “ἁρμονιῶν -εστάτη κρᾶσις” Plu.Phoc.2; λέξις ἐ. D.H.Comp.25; also of a poet, tuneful, Theoc.Ep.21, cf.Philostr.Im.2.12. Adv. -λῶς, Aeol. and Ion. -λέως, harmoniously, opp. πλημμελῶς, Pl. Lg.816a; in time, πόδεσσιν ὠρχεῦντ' Sapph.54.
2. elegantly, “ἐ. καὶ μουσικῶς” Arist.Cael.290b30; in good taste, “παίζειν” Id.EN1128a9; δαπανῆσαι μεγάλα ἐ. ib.1122a35.
3. suitably, rightly, “οὐδέ μοι ἐμμελέως τὸ Πιττάκειον νέμεται” Simon.5.8; ἐ. πάντων ἔχειν to be suitably provided with . ., Pl.Prt.321c; “ἐ. φέρειν τὰς τύχας” Arist.EN1100b21; ἐ. εἰρῆσθαι ib.1170b21, etc.: Comp. “-εστέρως, ἔχειν” Pl.Phdr.278d; “-έστερον” Id.R.474a: Sup. -έστατα ib.581b.
emmetros
ἔμμετρος
ἔμμετρ-ος , ον,
A. in measure, proportioned, opp. ἄμετρος, Id.R.486d, Lg.716c, al.; τὸ ἔ. due measure, proportion, Id.Phlb.26a, cf. 52d; πολιτεῖαι ἔ. well-balanced, title of work by Critias, Phlp.in de An.89.12. Adv. -τρως, πρός τι proportionably to . ., Pl.Plt.282e.
2. fitting, suitable, “ἔπαινος” Id.Lg.823d; θεοῖσι ἀναθήματα χρεὼν ἔμμετρα τὸν μέτριον ἄνδρα . . δωρεῖσθαι ib.955e. Adv. “-τρως” Id.Cra.395c, M.Ant.1.16: Sup. “ἐμμετρώτατα” Pl.R.474d; also “-ότατα” Lg.674c, prob. in Aristaenet.1.18.
3. of persons, ἐμμετρότατος (v.l. -ώτατος) reasonable, moderate, Pl.Lg.926a; -ότερος (v.l. -ώτερος) Id.Ti.90e; “ἔ. οἰνοχόος” Aristaenet.1.3.
II. measuring, containing, “δέπας ἔ. ὡς τριλάγυνον” Stesich.7.
III. in metre, metrical, Pl.Smp.197c, Phdr.252b, Arist.Rh.1408b21; “ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα” Id.Po.1451b1, cf. 1450b14; φθόγγος ἔ. Phld.D.3.13; ἔ. ποιηταί poets who use regular metres, i. e. epic and tragic, opp. οἱ τῶν ᾀδομένων, D.60.9. Adv. “-τρως, χρησμῳδεῖν” Plu.2.623c.
emphysomena
ἐμφυσώμενα
empneomena
ἐμπνεόμενα
empneusta, empneustika
ἐμπνευστά
ἐμ-πνευστός , ή, όν,
A. blown into: ἐ. ὄργανα wind-instruments, Aristocl. ap. Ath.4.174c, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom.148, Nicom.Harm.2; τὰ ἐ. alone, Theo Sm.p.57 H., Iamb.inNic.p.122P.
II. = ἄφρων, Hsch.
enaulos kitharisis
ἔναυλος κιθάρισις
enchorda
ἔγχορδα
endrome
ἐνδρομή
enechos
ἔνηχος
ἔνηχ-ος , ον,
A. sounding within, of wind-instruments, opp. ἔγχορδος, Phillis ap.Ath.14.636c: generally, sounding, noisy, “ἀναπνοή” Herod. Med. in Rh.Mus.58.77; “ἔ. ὕδατα” Philostr.VA6.26.
energmos
ἐνεργμός
ἐνεργ-μός , ὁ,
A. a way of playing on the lyre, Phryn.Com.6.
2. peg on the κιθάρα for tuning the strings, Euphron. ap. EM340.3.
enerxis
ἔνερξις
Enharmonion genos
ἐναρμόνιον γένος
enharmonios
ἐναρμόνιος
ἐναρμ-όνιος , ον,
A. of musical sound, musical, “ἔνρυθμος καὶ ἐ. αἴσθησις” Pl.Lg.654a; “ἐ. ἡ φωνὴ φερομένων κύκλῳ τῶν ἄστρων” Arist.Cael.290b22; “ἐναρμόνιον μελψδεῖν” Luc.DDeor.7.4; νέκταρ, of music, AP7.29 (Antip. Sid.): metaph., in harmony with, “ταῖς τῶν βίων ὑποθέσεσι” Ti.Locr.103c. Adv. “-ίως” Ph.1.107, Corn.ND32, Eustr.inEN9.2, Eust.1422.19.
2. in Lit. Crit., harmonious, “περίοδος” D.H.Dem.24; μεταβολαὶ ἐ. changes of harmony, Id.Comp.19, cf. ib.6(Comp.).
II. in Music, enharmonic, “συστήματα” Aristox.Harm.p.17M.; δίεσις ib.p.47 M.; “ἐ. μέλη” Arist.Pr.918b22 (s. v.l.), cf. POxy.667.1, etc.
enharmosis
ἐνάρμοσις
enkeraules
ἐγκεραύλης
ἐγκεραυλ-έω ,
A. play on the Phrygian flute, Hsch.:—hence ἐγκεραύλ-ης , ου, ὁ, Id.
enkomion
ἐγκώμιον
ἐγκώμιος , ον, (κώμη)
A. in the village: hence, native, common, v.l. for ἐγχώριος, Hes.Op.344.
II. (κῶμος) belonging to a κῶμος, esp. that which escorted a victor in the games: hence, belonging to the praise of a conqueror, ἐ. μέλη, ὕμνοι, Pi.O.2.47, P.10.53; “ἐ. ἀμφὶ τρόπον” Id.O.10(11).77; στεφάνων ἐγκώμιος τεθμός the law of praise for prizes won, ib.13.29.
enneachordon
ἐννεάχορδον
ἐννεα?́-χορδος , ον,
A. of nine strings: Subst. ἐννεάχορδον (sc. ὄργανον) τό, Phillisap.Ath.14.636b.
enneaphtongon melos
ἐννεάφθογγον
enodos
ἔνῳδος
ἔνῳδος , ον,
A. musical, Nicom.Harm.2, al. Adv. -δως ibid.
enoplios
ἐνόπλιος
ἐνόπλ-ιος , ον, (ὅπλον)
A. = ἔνοπλος, ἔρις Gorg.Fr.6; “πρύλις” Call. Dian.241; “ἐπιστήμη” D.H.20.2; “πυρρίχη” Anon. Vat.64: neut. as Adv., “ἐλέλιξεν ἐνόπλιον” Call.Del.137.
II. ἐνόπλιος (with or without ῥυθμός), ὁ, 'martial' rhythm, X.An.6.1.11, etc.; “ῥυθμὸς κατ᾽ ἐνόπλιον” Ar.Nu.651; “ἐ. σύνθετος” Pl.R.400b; also “νόμος” Epich.75; “ἀγωνία” Phld.Hom.p.28 O.; “ἐ. μέλη” Ath.14.63of; “Κουρήτων ἐ. παίγνια” Pl. Lg.796b; “θεῖν τὸν ἐ.” Him.Or.2.20: hence “ἐνόπλια παίζειν” Pi.O.13.86.—On the ῥυθμὸς κατ᾽ ἐνόπλιον, v. Sch.Pi.P.2.127, Sch.Ar.Nu. 651.
III. ἐνόπλιον, τό, contest in arms, of a race of war-chariots, SIG802A 10 (i A. D.).
enrhythmos
ἔνρυθμος
ἔνρυθμος , ον,
A. of rhythm, “αἴσθησις” Pl.Lg.654a; possessing rhythm (opp. εὔρυθμος), D.H.Comp.11; “διάλεκτος” Ephor.6 J.; opp. ἔκρυθμος, S.E.M.11.186. Adv. “-μως” Ath.5.179f, 14.631b (prob.).
entasis
ἔντασις
entaton
ἐντατὸν
ἐντα^τ-ός , ή, όν, (ἐντείνω)
A. stretched: ἐ. ὄργανα stringed instruments, Str.7.5.7, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom.148, Ath.4.182e, Nicom.Harm.2.
eora
ἐώρα
ἐώρα ,
A. v. αἰώρα, cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.23: pl., of a festival in honour of Erigone, Arist.Fr.515 (αἰ- codd.). ἐωρέω , = αἰωρέω, prob. in S. OC1084 (lyr.), cf. Hsch., Dosith.p.431 K. ἐώρημα , = αἰώρημα, Sch.Ar.Pax77. ἐωρίζεται: μετεωρίζεται, ἀναπατεῖ, Hsch.
epankonismos
ἐπαγκωνισμός
ἐπαγκων-ισμός , ὁ, a kind of
A. dance, Ath.14.630a.
epaulein
ἐπαυλεῖν
ἐπαυλ-έω ,
A. accompany on the flute, “τῇ θυσίᾳ” Luc.Sacr.12: abs., Id.Salt.10.
2. c. acc. cogn., “ἐ. τινὶ τὸν ἐνόπλιον” Epich.75:—Pass., “μέλος ἐπαυλεῖται” is played on the flute, E.HF897 (lyr.).
epeisodion
ἐπεισόδιον
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 all underplots or parenthetic narratives in poetry, which might themselves form distinct wholes, ib. 1451b34; also in prose speeches, etc., D.H.Comp.19, Isoc.4, Th.7.
c. in Comedy, interlude, intermezzo, Metag.14.
ephymnion
ἐφύμνιον
ἐφύμν-ιον , τό,
A. burden, refrain, of a hymn, A.R.2.713, Call. Ap.98, Sos.8.4, Ph.1.535, Ath.15.701c, Sch.Pi.O.9.1.
epibemata
ἐπιβήματα
Epigoneion
ἐπιγόνειον
ἐπιγόνειον , τό, Egyptian harp, with forty strings arranged in pairs as in the μάγαδις, named from the inventor Epigonus, Juba ap. Ath.4.183c, Poll.4.59.
Epigonus
Ἐπίγονος
epikedeion
ἐπικήδειον
ἐπικήδ-ειος , ον ῾α, ον Lib. Decl.40.15),
A. of or at a burial, funeral, “ᾠδά” E.Tr.514 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 800e (pl.); “πόνοι” E.Alc. in Gött.Nachr.1922.9; “μοῦσα” Ael.NA5.34; “λόγοι” D.H.Rh.6.1; ἐ., τό, dirge, elegy, Plu.Pel.1, al. (sung before burial, opp. ἐπιτάφιον, Serv.ad Virg.Ecl.5.14; opp. θρῆνος, Ptol. Ascal.p.404 H.).
epikredios
ἐπικρήδιος
ἐπικρήδιος , ὁ, a
A. Cretan dance, Ath.14.629c.
epilenios
ἐπιλήνιος
ἐπιλήνιος , ον, ῾ληνός᾿
A. of or at a wine-press or the vintage, “μέλος” Callix.2; “ὕμνοι” Anacreont.57.8; “ὄρχησις” Longus 2.36; “ἐπιλήνια χαίρειν” Opp.C.1.127; epith. of Dionysus, Orph.H.50.1:—also ἐπιλήναιοι “θεοί” Max.Tyr.30.4.
II. . ἐπιλήνιον, τό, commission on the vintage, PLond.ined.2135 (iv A.D.).
2. . ἐπιλήνια, τά, vintage-festival, Ph.1.323, PFlor.369.14 (ii A.D.).
epilogos
ἐπίλογος
ἐπίλογ-ος , ὁ,
A. reasoning, inference, only Ion., Hdt.1.27; τῆς γνώμης ποιέεσθαι ἐπίλογον give a reason for their opinion, Hp.Nat.Hom.1.
II. . peroration of a speech, Arist.Rh.1414b12, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.96, Phld.Rh.1.202 S., Longin.12.5, etc.
2. . the concluding portion of a play, = ἔκθεσις,Sch. Ar.Ra.1548: metaph., “ἐ. τῆς κοσμοποιίας” Ph.1.237.
3. . subjoined or explanatory sentence, Arist.Rh.1394b8, cf.a11.—In E.El.719 (lyr.), ἐπίλογοι is corrupt.
epimelodema
ἐπιμελῴδημα
ἐπιμελῴδ-ημα , ατος, τό,
A. refrain, Sch.Theoc.1.64.
epiparodos
ἐπιπάροδος
epiphallos
ἐπίφαλλος
ἐπίφαλλος , ὁ,
A. flute-tune for dancing to, Tryphoap.Ath.14.618c, cf. Eust.1236.56.
epipneomena
ἐπιπνεόμενα
epiporpema
ἐπιπόρπημα
garment buckled over the shoulders, cloak, mantle, part of the dress of a musician, Pl.Com.10, App.Pun. 109.
epipsalmos
ἐπιψαλμός
ἐπι-ψαλμός , ὁ,
A. accompaniment on a stringed instrument, Ptol.Harm.2.12.
epiptaesma
ἐπίπταισμα
ἐπίπταισμα , ατος, τό,
A. snap of the fingers, Ar.Fr.773 (pl.).
epirrhema
ἐπίρρημα
ἐπί-ρρημα , ατος, τό,
A. that which is said afterwards:
I. . in Old Comedy, a speech, commonly of trochaic tetrameters, spoken by the Coryphaeus after the Parabasis (as in Ar.Nu.575, Eq.565), Hsch., Suid.
epistomis
ἐπιστομίς
ἐπιστομ-ίς , ίδος, ἡ,
A. = φορβειά 11, Hsch. s.v. ἐπίχαλκον.
episynaphe
ἐπισυναφή
ἐπισυν-α^φή , ἡ, in Music,
A. combination of three tetrachords by συναφή (q.v.), Bacch.Intr.84.
epitasis
ἐπισυν-α^φή , ἡ, in Music,
A. combination of three tetrachords by συναφή (q.v.), Bacch.Intr.84.
epithalamion
ἐπιθαλάμιον
ἐπιθα^λα?́μ-ιος , ον,
A. belonging to a bridal, nuptial, “ἐπιβουλή” Luc.Salt.44; “ἐ. ᾠδαί” D.H.Rh.4.1.
II. . Subst. ἐπιθαλάμιος (sc. ὕμνος or ᾠδή), ὁ or ἡ, bridal song, sung in chorus before the bridal chamber, Theoc. 18tit., Luc.Symp.40, Him.Or.1.1.
epitonion
ἐπιτόνιον
ἐπιτόν-ιον , τό,
A. peg or key by which the strings of an instrument are tuned, ἐ. ψαλτηρίου (-ήριον cod.) prob. in Ath.10.456d : metaph., “ἡ συντροφία ὥσπερ ἐ. ἐστι τῆς εὐνοίας” Plu.2.3d.
2. pitch-pipe for giving the note to a choir, Et.Gud.d. s.v. ἀπότομον.
II. any peg shaped like ἐ. I. Orib.49.4.26, al.; handle of a tap, turn-cock, Hero Aut.13.5, VarroRR3.5.16, Vitr.9.8.11, Ulp. ap. Dig.19.1.17.8 ; handle of a syringe, Hero Spir.2.18.
2. valve or stop in an organ-pipe, Vitr.10.8.5.
3. pl., sockets in which a roller was set, Bito 49.10.
epitritos
ἐπίτριτος
ἐπίτρι^τος , ον (η, ον, v. infr. 4),
A. containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i. e. in the ratio of 4 : 3, “ἐ. πυθμήν” Pl.R.546c ; “ἀριθμοί” Ph.2.183 ; “λόγος” Id.1.10, al., cf. PTeb.72.388 (ii B. C.), etc. Adv. “-τως” Nicom.Ar.2.20.
2. in Music, ἐ. διαστάσεις, of the interval of the fourth, Pl.Ti.36a, cf. Plu.2.1138f, Aristid. Quint.3.1 ; “ἐ. ἁρμονία” Ph. 1.23 ; “ἁ δὲ συλλαβὰ ἐπίτριτον” Philol.6.
3. ποὺς ἐ., or ἐ., ὁ, a metrical foot, of three longs and one short, in which the ratio of θέσις and ἄρσις is 4 : 3, Sch.Heph.p.112 C.; ἐ. πρῶτος, δεύτερος, τρίτος, τέταρτος, ^___, _^__, __^_, ___^, Heph.3.3.
epitymbios, nomos
ἐπιτύμβιος νόμος
epode
ἐπῳδή
ἐπῳδή , Ion. and poet. ἐπα^οιδή , ἡ,
A. song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, “ἐπαοιδῇ δ᾽ αἷμα..ἔσχεθον” Od.19.457, cf. Pi.P.4.217 ; “οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι” S.Aj. 582 ; of the Magi, Hdt.1.132 ; “μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν” A.Pr. 174, cf. S.OC1194 ; “ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν” X.Mem.2.6.10 sq.; “ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι” Anaxandr.33.13; “οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί” Pl.R. 426b ; θυσίαι καὶ ἐ. ib.364b ; “τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ.” Id.Smp.202e, etc.: c. gen. obj., charm for or against.., “τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ” A.Eu.649.
II. apptly., = ἐπῳδός 11, Poet.Oxy.661.21 (pl.).
epodos
ἐπῳδός
ἐπῳδ-ός , όν, (ἐπᾴδω)
A. 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.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.UP17.3, 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.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.
epogdoos
ἐπόγδοος , ον, 1 1/8, Pl.Ti.36a, 36b ; ἐ. λόγος the ratio
A. of 9 : 8, Plu.2.367f; ἐ. [τόκος] interest at the rate of 1/8 of the principal, i.e. 12 1/2%, D.50.17 : neut. as Subst., whole tone in Music, Philol.6, Hsch.
Eratocles
Ἐρατοκλῆς
Erastothenes
Έρατοσθένης
eribremetes
ἐριβρεμέτης
ἐρι-βρεμέτης , ου, Ep. εω, ὁ,
A. loud-thundering, “Ζεύς” Il.13.624 ; of Aeschylus, Ar.Ra.814(hex.); “Διόνυσος” D.P.578, etc.; loud-roaring, “λέοντες” Pi.I.4(3).46 ; loud-sounding, “αὐλός” AP6.195 (Arch.).
erigerys
Erigone
escharinton
ethos
euchordos
Eucleides
eureches
euepes
eugerys
euharmostos
euhymnia
Euius
euktika
eulyros
eumeles
eumetros
eumolpos
Eumolpus
eumousos
Eunides
Eunomus
euodos
euphonos
euphorminx
euphtongos
eurhythmos
Euripides
euthys
eutonos
exarhos
exaulos
Exekestides
exharmonios
exodion
ἠχεῖον
ἠχεῖον , τό, (ἦχος)
A. drum, gong, Plu.Crass.23, Apollod. ap. Sch. Theoc.2.36, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr.p.153B.; tambourine, as head-dress, Herm.Trism.in Rev.Phil.32.254; used for stage-thunder, Sch.Ar. Nu.292; as sounding-boards in the theatre, Vitr.5.5.2.
II. in the lyre, = χάλκωμα, apptly. a metallic sounding-plate, Hsch.; so of the palate, Gal.UP7.5.
2. Adj. ἠχεῖον ὄργανον sounding instrument, Ph.1.588, cj.ib.444,510.
Echembrotus
Έχέμβροτος
eidos
εἰδoς
eiresia
εἰρεσία
boat-song, to which the rowers kept time, “αὐλεῖν εἰρεσίαν” Plu.Alc.32, cf. Luc.VH1.40.
eresione
εἰρεσιώνη
εἰρεσι^ώνη , ἡ, (εἶρος)
A. branch of olive or laurel wound round with wool and hung with fruits, dedicated to Apollo and borne about by singing boys at the Πυανόψια and Θαργήλια, while offerings were made to Helios and the Hours, and afterwards hung up at the house-door, Eup.119, Ar.Eq.729, V.399, Pl.1054, cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.157, Sch.Ar. ll. cc.
2. the song itself, Hom.Epigr.15, Plu.Thes. 22.
ekbole
ἐκβολή
ekchordos
ἔκχορδος
ekkrusis-eklepsis
ἔκκρουσις-ἔκληψις
ekkrousmos-ekklemmatismos
ἐκκρουσμός-ἐκλημματισμος
eklaktisma
ἐκλάκτισμα
ἐκλάκτ-ισμα , ατος, τό,
A. dance, in which the legs are thrown up behind, fling, Poll.4.102.
eklelymena mele
ἐκλελυμένα μέλη
eklysis
ἔκλυσις
lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones (διέσεις), Bacch.Intr.41, Aristid.Quint.1.10, Plu.2.1141b.
ekmeles
ἐκμελής
ἐκμελής , ές, (μέλος)
A. out of tune, dissonant, Ph.1.375, al., Ti.Locr. 101b, Plu.Demetr.1; unbridled, “φιλοτιμία” Id.Lys.23; of persons, Just.Nov.136.6. Adv. “-λῶς” Poll.4.57.
ekpyrosis
ἐκπύρωσις
a kind of dance, Menipp. ap. Ath.14.629f.
ekrhythmos
ἔκρυθμος
ἔκρυθμος , ον,
A. out of tune, S.E.M.11.186, Philostr.VA8.7.
II. of the pulse, irregular, Gal.8.516.
ektonos
ἔκτονος
elegeia
ἐλεγεία
elegos
ἔλεγος
ἔλεγος , ὁ,
A. song, melody, orig. accompanied by the flute, cf. ἄλυρος ἔ. E.Hel.185 (lyr.), IT146 (lyr.); “Ἀσίας ἔ. ἰήϊος” Id.Hyps.Fr.3(1)iii9; so Ἔλεγοι, title of a νόμος αὐλῳδικός, Plu.2.1132d; of the song of the nightingale, Ar.Av.218(pl.); ἔλεγον οἶτον, of the halcyon, E.IT1091 (lyr.); later, lament, song of mourning, A.R.2.782.
II. poem in elegiac distichs, Call.Fr.121; ἱλαροὶ ἔ. AP10.19 (Apollonid.). (Commonly derived from ἒ ἒ λέγειν, to cry woe! woe! EM326.49.)
elymos
ἔλυμος
a kind of Phrygian pipe, made of box-wood, with a horn tip and bend in the left pipe, “ἔλυμοι αὐλοί” S.Fr.450,644, Call.Com.18; used by the Cyprians, Cratin.Jun.3.
embaterion melos
ἐμβατήριον μέλος
ἐμβα^τ-ήριος , ον,
A. of or for marching, “ἐ. παιάν” Plu.Lyc.22, cf. Ath.14.630f; κινήσεις ἐ. Phillis 3.
II. Subst., ἐ. (sc. μέλος), τό, marching tune, Plb.4.20.12, Polyaen.1.10; of the anapaests of Tyrtaeus, D.Chr.2.59.
embaterios aulos
ἐμβατήριος αὐλός
embolimon
ἐμβόλιμον
τὰ ἐ. choral interludes, Arist.Po.1456a29.
emmeleia
ἐμμέλεια , ἡ, (ἐμμελής)
A. harmony in music or the fit modulation of spoken words, D.H.Dem.50: generally, harmony, gracefulness, ἀνασῴζειν τὴν ἐ. Plu.2.747b; ἐ. ἀγριοφανῆ καὶ αὐστηράν, of Pan, Corn. ND27; οὐ παρέργως, ἀλλὰ μετά τινος ἐ. Jul.Or.7.217a.
II. a tragic dance, opp. πυρρίχη, Pl.Lg.816b; opp. σίκιννις and κόρδαξ, Ath.1.20e, 14.631d, Luc.Salt.26; the tune of this dance, Hdt.6.129.
II. Com., ἐ. κονδύλου knuckle-dance, Ar.V.1503.
emmeles
ἐμμελής
in tune, harmonious, opp. “πλημμελής, ἐ. φωνή” Ti.Locr.101b, Plu.2.1014c, etc.; “προσόδιον” SIG662.9 (Delos, ii B.C.); “ἁρμονιῶν -εστάτη κρᾶσις” Plu.Phoc.2; λέξις ἐ. D.H.Comp.25; also of a poet, tuneful, Theoc.Ep.21, cf.Philostr.Im.2.12. Adv. -λῶς, Aeol. and Ion. -λέως, harmoniously, opp. πλημμελῶς, Pl. Lg.816a; in time, πόδεσσιν ὠρχεῦντ' Sapph.54.
2. elegantly, “ἐ. καὶ μουσικῶς” Arist.Cael.290b30; in good taste, “παίζειν” Id.EN1128a9; δαπανῆσαι μεγάλα ἐ. ib.1122a35.
3. suitably, rightly, “οὐδέ μοι ἐμμελέως τὸ Πιττάκειον νέμεται” Simon.5.8; ἐ. πάντων ἔχειν to be suitably provided with . ., Pl.Prt.321c; “ἐ. φέρειν τὰς τύχας” Arist.EN1100b21; ἐ. εἰρῆσθαι ib.1170b21, etc.: Comp. “-εστέρως, ἔχειν” Pl.Phdr.278d; “-έστερον” Id.R.474a: Sup. -έστατα ib.581b.
emmetros
ἔμμετρος
ἔμμετρ-ος , ον,
A. in measure, proportioned, opp. ἄμετρος, Id.R.486d, Lg.716c, al.; τὸ ἔ. due measure, proportion, Id.Phlb.26a, cf. 52d; πολιτεῖαι ἔ. well-balanced, title of work by Critias, Phlp.in de An.89.12. Adv. -τρως, πρός τι proportionably to . ., Pl.Plt.282e.
2. fitting, suitable, “ἔπαινος” Id.Lg.823d; θεοῖσι ἀναθήματα χρεὼν ἔμμετρα τὸν μέτριον ἄνδρα . . δωρεῖσθαι ib.955e. Adv. “-τρως” Id.Cra.395c, M.Ant.1.16: Sup. “ἐμμετρώτατα” Pl.R.474d; also “-ότατα” Lg.674c, prob. in Aristaenet.1.18.
3. of persons, ἐμμετρότατος (v.l. -ώτατος) reasonable, moderate, Pl.Lg.926a; -ότερος (v.l. -ώτερος) Id.Ti.90e; “ἔ. οἰνοχόος” Aristaenet.1.3.
II. measuring, containing, “δέπας ἔ. ὡς τριλάγυνον” Stesich.7.
III. in metre, metrical, Pl.Smp.197c, Phdr.252b, Arist.Rh.1408b21; “ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα” Id.Po.1451b1, cf. 1450b14; φθόγγος ἔ. Phld.D.3.13; ἔ. ποιηταί poets who use regular metres, i. e. epic and tragic, opp. οἱ τῶν ᾀδομένων, D.60.9. Adv. “-τρως, χρησμῳδεῖν” Plu.2.623c.
emphysomena
ἐμφυσώμενα
empneomena
ἐμπνεόμενα
empneusta, empneustika
ἐμπνευστά
ἐμ-πνευστός , ή, όν,
A. blown into: ἐ. ὄργανα wind-instruments, Aristocl. ap. Ath.4.174c, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom.148, Nicom.Harm.2; τὰ ἐ. alone, Theo Sm.p.57 H., Iamb.inNic.p.122P.
II. = ἄφρων, Hsch.
enaulos kitharisis
ἔναυλος κιθάρισις
enchorda
ἔγχορδα
endrome
ἐνδρομή
enechos
ἔνηχος
ἔνηχ-ος , ον,
A. sounding within, of wind-instruments, opp. ἔγχορδος, Phillis ap.Ath.14.636c: generally, sounding, noisy, “ἀναπνοή” Herod. Med. in Rh.Mus.58.77; “ἔ. ὕδατα” Philostr.VA6.26.
energmos
ἐνεργμός
ἐνεργ-μός , ὁ,
A. a way of playing on the lyre, Phryn.Com.6.
2. peg on the κιθάρα for tuning the strings, Euphron. ap. EM340.3.
enerxis
ἔνερξις
Enharmonion genos
ἐναρμόνιον γένος
enharmonios
ἐναρμόνιος
ἐναρμ-όνιος , ον,
A. of musical sound, musical, “ἔνρυθμος καὶ ἐ. αἴσθησις” Pl.Lg.654a; “ἐ. ἡ φωνὴ φερομένων κύκλῳ τῶν ἄστρων” Arist.Cael.290b22; “ἐναρμόνιον μελψδεῖν” Luc.DDeor.7.4; νέκταρ, of music, AP7.29 (Antip. Sid.): metaph., in harmony with, “ταῖς τῶν βίων ὑποθέσεσι” Ti.Locr.103c. Adv. “-ίως” Ph.1.107, Corn.ND32, Eustr.inEN9.2, Eust.1422.19.
2. in Lit. Crit., harmonious, “περίοδος” D.H.Dem.24; μεταβολαὶ ἐ. changes of harmony, Id.Comp.19, cf. ib.6(Comp.).
II. in Music, enharmonic, “συστήματα” Aristox.Harm.p.17M.; δίεσις ib.p.47 M.; “ἐ. μέλη” Arist.Pr.918b22 (s. v.l.), cf. POxy.667.1, etc.
enharmosis
ἐνάρμοσις
enkeraules
ἐγκεραύλης
ἐγκεραυλ-έω ,
A. play on the Phrygian flute, Hsch.:—hence ἐγκεραύλ-ης , ου, ὁ, Id.
enkomion
ἐγκώμιον
ἐγκώμιος , ον, (κώμη)
A. in the village: hence, native, common, v.l. for ἐγχώριος, Hes.Op.344.
II. (κῶμος) belonging to a κῶμος, esp. that which escorted a victor in the games: hence, belonging to the praise of a conqueror, ἐ. μέλη, ὕμνοι, Pi.O.2.47, P.10.53; “ἐ. ἀμφὶ τρόπον” Id.O.10(11).77; στεφάνων ἐγκώμιος τεθμός the law of praise for prizes won, ib.13.29.
enneachordon
ἐννεάχορδον
ἐννεα?́-χορδος , ον,
A. of nine strings: Subst. ἐννεάχορδον (sc. ὄργανον) τό, Phillisap.Ath.14.636b.
enneaphtongon melos
ἐννεάφθογγον
enodos
ἔνῳδος
ἔνῳδος , ον,
A. musical, Nicom.Harm.2, al. Adv. -δως ibid.
enoplios
ἐνόπλιος
ἐνόπλ-ιος , ον, (ὅπλον)
A. = ἔνοπλος, ἔρις Gorg.Fr.6; “πρύλις” Call. Dian.241; “ἐπιστήμη” D.H.20.2; “πυρρίχη” Anon. Vat.64: neut. as Adv., “ἐλέλιξεν ἐνόπλιον” Call.Del.137.
II. ἐνόπλιος (with or without ῥυθμός), ὁ, 'martial' rhythm, X.An.6.1.11, etc.; “ῥυθμὸς κατ᾽ ἐνόπλιον” Ar.Nu.651; “ἐ. σύνθετος” Pl.R.400b; also “νόμος” Epich.75; “ἀγωνία” Phld.Hom.p.28 O.; “ἐ. μέλη” Ath.14.63of; “Κουρήτων ἐ. παίγνια” Pl. Lg.796b; “θεῖν τὸν ἐ.” Him.Or.2.20: hence “ἐνόπλια παίζειν” Pi.O.13.86.—On the ῥυθμὸς κατ᾽ ἐνόπλιον, v. Sch.Pi.P.2.127, Sch.Ar.Nu. 651.
III. ἐνόπλιον, τό, contest in arms, of a race of war-chariots, SIG802A 10 (i A. D.).
enrhythmos
ἔνρυθμος
ἔνρυθμος , ον,
A. of rhythm, “αἴσθησις” Pl.Lg.654a; possessing rhythm (opp. εὔρυθμος), D.H.Comp.11; “διάλεκτος” Ephor.6 J.; opp. ἔκρυθμος, S.E.M.11.186. Adv. “-μως” Ath.5.179f, 14.631b (prob.).
entasis
ἔντασις
entaton
ἐντατὸν
ἐντα^τ-ός , ή, όν, (ἐντείνω)
A. stretched: ἐ. ὄργανα stringed instruments, Str.7.5.7, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom.148, Ath.4.182e, Nicom.Harm.2.
eora
ἐώρα
ἐώρα ,
A. v. αἰώρα, cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.23: pl., of a festival in honour of Erigone, Arist.Fr.515 (αἰ- codd.). ἐωρέω , = αἰωρέω, prob. in S. OC1084 (lyr.), cf. Hsch., Dosith.p.431 K. ἐώρημα , = αἰώρημα, Sch.Ar.Pax77. ἐωρίζεται: μετεωρίζεται, ἀναπατεῖ, Hsch.
epankonismos
ἐπαγκωνισμός
ἐπαγκων-ισμός , ὁ, a kind of
A. dance, Ath.14.630a.
epaulein
ἐπαυλεῖν
ἐπαυλ-έω ,
A. accompany on the flute, “τῇ θυσίᾳ” Luc.Sacr.12: abs., Id.Salt.10.
2. c. acc. cogn., “ἐ. τινὶ τὸν ἐνόπλιον” Epich.75:—Pass., “μέλος ἐπαυλεῖται” is played on the flute, E.HF897 (lyr.).
epeisodion
ἐπεισόδιον
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 all underplots or parenthetic narratives in poetry, which might themselves form distinct wholes, ib. 1451b34; also in prose speeches, etc., D.H.Comp.19, Isoc.4, Th.7.
c. in Comedy, interlude, intermezzo, Metag.14.
ephymnion
ἐφύμνιον
ἐφύμν-ιον , τό,
A. burden, refrain, of a hymn, A.R.2.713, Call. Ap.98, Sos.8.4, Ph.1.535, Ath.15.701c, Sch.Pi.O.9.1.
epibemata
ἐπιβήματα
Epigoneion
ἐπιγόνειον
ἐπιγόνειον , τό, Egyptian harp, with forty strings arranged in pairs as in the μάγαδις, named from the inventor Epigonus, Juba ap. Ath.4.183c, Poll.4.59.
Epigonus
Ἐπίγονος
epikedeion
ἐπικήδειον
ἐπικήδ-ειος , ον ῾α, ον Lib. Decl.40.15),
A. of or at a burial, funeral, “ᾠδά” E.Tr.514 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 800e (pl.); “πόνοι” E.Alc. in Gött.Nachr.1922.9; “μοῦσα” Ael.NA5.34; “λόγοι” D.H.Rh.6.1; ἐ., τό, dirge, elegy, Plu.Pel.1, al. (sung before burial, opp. ἐπιτάφιον, Serv.ad Virg.Ecl.5.14; opp. θρῆνος, Ptol. Ascal.p.404 H.).
epikredios
ἐπικρήδιος
ἐπικρήδιος , ὁ, a
A. Cretan dance, Ath.14.629c.
epilenios
ἐπιλήνιος
ἐπιλήνιος , ον, ῾ληνός᾿
A. of or at a wine-press or the vintage, “μέλος” Callix.2; “ὕμνοι” Anacreont.57.8; “ὄρχησις” Longus 2.36; “ἐπιλήνια χαίρειν” Opp.C.1.127; epith. of Dionysus, Orph.H.50.1:—also ἐπιλήναιοι “θεοί” Max.Tyr.30.4.
II. . ἐπιλήνιον, τό, commission on the vintage, PLond.ined.2135 (iv A.D.).
2. . ἐπιλήνια, τά, vintage-festival, Ph.1.323, PFlor.369.14 (ii A.D.).
epilogos
ἐπίλογος
ἐπίλογ-ος , ὁ,
A. reasoning, inference, only Ion., Hdt.1.27; τῆς γνώμης ποιέεσθαι ἐπίλογον give a reason for their opinion, Hp.Nat.Hom.1.
II. . peroration of a speech, Arist.Rh.1414b12, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.96, Phld.Rh.1.202 S., Longin.12.5, etc.
2. . the concluding portion of a play, = ἔκθεσις,Sch. Ar.Ra.1548: metaph., “ἐ. τῆς κοσμοποιίας” Ph.1.237.
3. . subjoined or explanatory sentence, Arist.Rh.1394b8, cf.a11.—In E.El.719 (lyr.), ἐπίλογοι is corrupt.
epimelodema
ἐπιμελῴδημα
ἐπιμελῴδ-ημα , ατος, τό,
A. refrain, Sch.Theoc.1.64.
epiparodos
ἐπιπάροδος
epiphallos
ἐπίφαλλος
ἐπίφαλλος , ὁ,
A. flute-tune for dancing to, Tryphoap.Ath.14.618c, cf. Eust.1236.56.
epipneomena
ἐπιπνεόμενα
epiporpema
ἐπιπόρπημα
garment buckled over the shoulders, cloak, mantle, part of the dress of a musician, Pl.Com.10, App.Pun. 109.
epipsalmos
ἐπιψαλμός
ἐπι-ψαλμός , ὁ,
A. accompaniment on a stringed instrument, Ptol.Harm.2.12.
epiptaesma
ἐπίπταισμα
ἐπίπταισμα , ατος, τό,
A. snap of the fingers, Ar.Fr.773 (pl.).
epirrhema
ἐπίρρημα
ἐπί-ρρημα , ατος, τό,
A. that which is said afterwards:
I. . in Old Comedy, a speech, commonly of trochaic tetrameters, spoken by the Coryphaeus after the Parabasis (as in Ar.Nu.575, Eq.565), Hsch., Suid.
epistomis
ἐπιστομίς
ἐπιστομ-ίς , ίδος, ἡ,
A. = φορβειά 11, Hsch. s.v. ἐπίχαλκον.
episynaphe
ἐπισυναφή
ἐπισυν-α^φή , ἡ, in Music,
A. combination of three tetrachords by συναφή (q.v.), Bacch.Intr.84.
epitasis
ἐπισυν-α^φή , ἡ, in Music,
A. combination of three tetrachords by συναφή (q.v.), Bacch.Intr.84.
epithalamion
ἐπιθαλάμιον
ἐπιθα^λα?́μ-ιος , ον,
A. belonging to a bridal, nuptial, “ἐπιβουλή” Luc.Salt.44; “ἐ. ᾠδαί” D.H.Rh.4.1.
II. . Subst. ἐπιθαλάμιος (sc. ὕμνος or ᾠδή), ὁ or ἡ, bridal song, sung in chorus before the bridal chamber, Theoc. 18tit., Luc.Symp.40, Him.Or.1.1.
epitonion
ἐπιτόνιον
ἐπιτόν-ιον , τό,
A. peg or key by which the strings of an instrument are tuned, ἐ. ψαλτηρίου (-ήριον cod.) prob. in Ath.10.456d : metaph., “ἡ συντροφία ὥσπερ ἐ. ἐστι τῆς εὐνοίας” Plu.2.3d.
2. pitch-pipe for giving the note to a choir, Et.Gud.d. s.v. ἀπότομον.
II. any peg shaped like ἐ. I. Orib.49.4.26, al.; handle of a tap, turn-cock, Hero Aut.13.5, VarroRR3.5.16, Vitr.9.8.11, Ulp. ap. Dig.19.1.17.8 ; handle of a syringe, Hero Spir.2.18.
2. valve or stop in an organ-pipe, Vitr.10.8.5.
3. pl., sockets in which a roller was set, Bito 49.10.
epitritos
ἐπίτριτος
ἐπίτρι^τος , ον (η, ον, v. infr. 4),
A. containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i. e. in the ratio of 4 : 3, “ἐ. πυθμήν” Pl.R.546c ; “ἀριθμοί” Ph.2.183 ; “λόγος” Id.1.10, al., cf. PTeb.72.388 (ii B. C.), etc. Adv. “-τως” Nicom.Ar.2.20.
2. in Music, ἐ. διαστάσεις, of the interval of the fourth, Pl.Ti.36a, cf. Plu.2.1138f, Aristid. Quint.3.1 ; “ἐ. ἁρμονία” Ph. 1.23 ; “ἁ δὲ συλλαβὰ ἐπίτριτον” Philol.6.
3. ποὺς ἐ., or ἐ., ὁ, a metrical foot, of three longs and one short, in which the ratio of θέσις and ἄρσις is 4 : 3, Sch.Heph.p.112 C.; ἐ. πρῶτος, δεύτερος, τρίτος, τέταρτος, ^___, _^__, __^_, ___^, Heph.3.3.
epitymbios, nomos
ἐπιτύμβιος νόμος
epode
ἐπῳδή
ἐπῳδή , Ion. and poet. ἐπα^οιδή , ἡ,
A. song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, “ἐπαοιδῇ δ᾽ αἷμα..ἔσχεθον” Od.19.457, cf. Pi.P.4.217 ; “οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι” S.Aj. 582 ; of the Magi, Hdt.1.132 ; “μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν” A.Pr. 174, cf. S.OC1194 ; “ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν” X.Mem.2.6.10 sq.; “ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι” Anaxandr.33.13; “οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί” Pl.R. 426b ; θυσίαι καὶ ἐ. ib.364b ; “τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ.” Id.Smp.202e, etc.: c. gen. obj., charm for or against.., “τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ” A.Eu.649.
II. apptly., = ἐπῳδός 11, Poet.Oxy.661.21 (pl.).
epodos
ἐπῳδός
ἐπῳδ-ός , όν, (ἐπᾴδω)
A. 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.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.UP17.3, 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.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.
epogdoos
ἐπόγδοος , ον, 1 1/8, Pl.Ti.36a, 36b ; ἐ. λόγος the ratio
A. of 9 : 8, Plu.2.367f; ἐ. [τόκος] interest at the rate of 1/8 of the principal, i.e. 12 1/2%, D.50.17 : neut. as Subst., whole tone in Music, Philol.6, Hsch.
Eratocles
Ἐρατοκλῆς
Erastothenes
Έρατοσθένης
eribremetes
ἐριβρεμέτης
ἐρι-βρεμέτης , ου, Ep. εω, ὁ,
A. loud-thundering, “Ζεύς” Il.13.624 ; of Aeschylus, Ar.Ra.814(hex.); “Διόνυσος” D.P.578, etc.; loud-roaring, “λέοντες” Pi.I.4(3).46 ; loud-sounding, “αὐλός” AP6.195 (Arch.).
erigerys
Erigone
escharinton
ethos
euchordos
Eucleides
eureches
euepes
eugerys
euharmostos
euhymnia
Euius
euktika
eulyros
eumeles
eumetros
eumolpos
Eumolpus
eumousos
Eunides
Eunomus
euodos
euphonos
euphorminx
euphtongos
eurhythmos
Euripides
euthys
eutonos
exarhos
exaulos
Exekestides
exharmonios
exodion
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