ἀοιδή


ἀοιδ-ή [α^], Att. contr. ᾠδή (q. v.), h(, : (ἀείδω):—

A. song, whether:
1. art of song, “αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο” Il.2.599; “ὡς ἄρα τοι . . θεὸς ὤπασε θέσπιν ἀ.” Od.8.498.
2. act of singing, song, “οἱ δ᾽ εἰς ἱμερόεσσαν ἀ. τρεψάμενοι” 18.304; “ὑπ᾽ ὀρχηθμῷ καὶ ἀοιδῇ” Hes.Sc.282.
3. thing sung, song, “στονόεσσαν ἀ. οἱ μὲν ἄπ᾽ ἐθρήνεον” Il.24.721, cf. Od. 1.351, Hdt.2.79, Alc.Supp.4.24, Pi.N.11.18 (pl.), etc.; whether of joy or sorrow, cf. A.Eu.954 (lyr.) with S.Ant.883; “λύρας ἀ.” E.Med. 425(lyr.).
4. theme of song, person sung of, “ἵνα ᾖσι καὶ ἐσσομένοισιν ἀ.” Od.8.580, cf. Thgn.252, Theoc.12.11; στυγερὴ δέ τ᾽ ἀ. ἔσσετ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπους [Κλυταιμήστρα] Od.24.200.
5. = ἐπψδή, spell, incantation, “ὀχῆες ὠκείαις . . ἀναθρῴσκοντες ἀοιδαῖς” A.R.4.42, cf. 59. Cf. ᾠδή. [Dissyll. in Hes.Th.48 (unless λήγουσί τ᾽ ἀοιδῆς be read) and in Pi. l.c. (unless μελίζεν be read).]

 

Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.