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ἔπος
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ἔπος , older ϝέπος SIG9 (v. infr.), etc., εος, τό (Skt.
A. vácas 'word', 'hymn', cf. εἶπον):
I. word, παύρῳ ἔπει in short utterance, Pi.O. 13.98 ; “ ἐπέων κόσμος” Parm.8.52, Democr.21 ; “ ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν” S. OC443 ; “ λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες” Th.3.67 : generally, that which is uttered in words, speech, tale, “ ἔπος ἐρέειν” Il.3.83, etc.; “ φάσθαι” Xenoph. 7.3, Parm.1.23, etc.; joined with μῦθος, Od.4.597, 11.561.—Special uses,
6. word, opp. deed, ἔπε᾽ ἀκράαντα words of none effect, opp. ἔτυμα, Od.19.565, cf. E.HF111 (lyr.); opp. ἔργον, Il.15.234, Od.2.272, etc., cf. 11.1 ; “ αἴτε ϝέπος αἴτε ϝάργον” SIG9 (Elis, vi B.C.); opp. βίη, Il.15.106 ; opp. χεῖρες, 1.77 (pl.).
II. later usages,
3. πρὸς ἔπος at the first word, Luc. Ep.Sat.37.
4. ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν almost, practically, qualifying a too absolute expression, esp. with πᾶς and οὐδείς (not with metaphors), Pl.Ap.17a, Phd. 78e, Grg.456a, al., Arist.Metaph.1009b16, Pol.1252b29, D.9.47, etc. ; opp. ὄντως or ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Pl.Lg.656e, R.341b ; later “ ὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν” POxy.67.14(iv A.D.) ; in Trag., “ ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ.” A.Pers.714(troch.), E.Heracl.167, Hipp.1162, once in Pl.,Lg.967b(s.v.l.).
IV. in pl., epic poetry, opp. μέλη (lyric poetry), ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι, etc., “ ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί” Pi.N.2.2 ; “ τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα” Hdt.2.117, cf. Th.1.3, X.Mem.1.4.3, Pl.R.379a, etc. ; “ ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τ᾽ ἀείδειν” Theoc.Ep.21.6 ; “ νικήσας ἔπος” IG3.1020 ; ποητὴς ἐπῶν ib. 7.3197.9 (Orchom. Boeot.), cf. OGI51.37 (Egypt, iii B.C.).
b. generally, poetry, even lyrics, Alcm.25(prob.), Pi.O.3.8, etc.
c. lines, verses, esp. of spoken lines in the drama, Ar.Ra.862, 956, etc. : sg., verse, line of poetry, Hdt.4.29, Pl.Min. 319d ; group of verses, Id.R.386c, Hdt.7.143.
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