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ἀείδω

aeido

sing

Appears 51 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀείδω, Ion. and poet. form used by Hom., Pi., and sometimes in Trag. and Com. (even in trim., A. Ag. 16, E. Fr. 188; intetram., Cratin. 305), also in Ion. Prose; contr. ᾄδω (also Anacr. 45, Theoc.), Trag., Pl., etc.: impf. ἤειδον Od., Ep. ἄειδον Il., etc.; Trag. and Att. ᾖδον E. Alc. 761, Th. 2.21: fut. ἀείσομαι Od. 22.352, Thgn. 943, but ᾄσομαι h.Hom. 6.2, 32.19, Thgn. 243, and always in Att. (ᾄσεις, σουσιν in Ar. Pax 1297, Pl. Lg. 666d are corrupt); rarely in act. form ἀείσω, Sapph. 11, Thgn. 4, Ar. Lys. 1243 (Lacon.), and late Poets, as Nonn. D. 13.47 (in E. HF 681 ἀείδω is restored by Elmsl.); still more rarely ᾄσω, Babr. 12.13, Men.Rh.p.381S., Him. Or. 1.6; Dor. ᾀσεῦμαι Theoc. 3.38, ᾀσῶ Id. 1.145: aor. ἤεισα Call. Epigr. 23.4, Opp. C. 3.1, Ep. ἄεισα [ᾰ] Od. 21.411; ἄεισον E. Tr. 513 (lyr.); ἀείσατε Ar. Th. 115 (lyr.); ᾖσα Ar. Nu. 1371, Pl. Ti. 21b:—Med., aor. ἀεισάμην (in act. sense) PMag.Lond. 47.43, imper. ἀείσεο h.Hom. 17.1 (nisi leg. ἀείσεο):—Pass., ἀείδομαι Pi., Hdt.: poet. impf. ἀείδετο Pi.: aor. ᾔσθην, v. infr. ΙΙ.1: pf. ᾖσμαι Pl.Com. 69.11. (ἀϝείδω, cf. αὐδή, ὑδέω.) [ᾰ: but ᾱ metri gr. Od. 17.519, h.Hom. 12.1, 27.1, Il.Parv..1, Thgn. 4, Theoc. 7.41, etc.]:— A. sing, Il. 1.604, etc.: hence of all kinds of vocal sounds, crow as cocks, Pl. Smp. 223c; hoot as owls, Arat. 1000; croak as frogs, Arist. Mir. 835b3, Thphr. Sign. 3.5, etc.; οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄσονται Stes. ap.Arist. Rh. 1412a23:—of other sounds, twang, of the bow-string, Od. 21.411; whistle, of the wind through a tree, Mosch. Fr. 1.8; ring, of a stone when struck, Theoc. 7.26:—prov., πρὶν νενικηκέναι ᾄδειν ‘to crow too soon’, Pl. Tht. 164c.—Constr.:—ἀ. τινί sing to one, Od. 22.346; also, vie with one in singing, Theoc. 8.6; ᾄ. πρὸς αὐλὸν ἢ λύραν sing to . . , Arist. Pr. 918a23; ὑπʼ αὐλοῖς Plu. 2.41c:—ἀείσας . . χαίρειν Δημοκλέα, poet. for εἰπών, Epigr.Gr. 237.7 (Smyrna). II. trans., 1. c. acc. rei, sing of, chant, μῆνιν ἄειδε Il. 1.1; παιήονα 1.473; κλέα ἀνδρῶν, νόστον, 9.189, Od. 1.326; τὸν Βοιώτιον νόμον S. Fr. 966: c. gen. (sc. μέλος), sing an air of . ., Φρυνίχου Ar. V. 269, cf. 1225: abs., ἀ. ἀμφί τινος to sing in oneʼs praise, Od. 8.266; ἀμφί τινα Terp. 2, cf. E. Tr. 513; εἴς τινα Ar. Lys. 1243: later, simply = καλεῖν, Ael. NA 3.28:—Pass., of songs, to be sung, Hdt. 4.35; τὰ λεχθέντα καὶ ᾀσέντα Pl. Ly. 205e; ᾆσμα καλῶς ᾀσθέν, opp. λόγος καλῶς ῥηθείς, X. Cyr. 3.3.55; ᾄδεται λόγος the story runs, Ph. 1.189. 2. of persons, places, etc., sing, praise, celebrate, B. 6.6, etc.:—Pass., ἀείδεται θρέψαισʼ ἥρωας is celebrated as the nurse of heroes, Pi. P. 8.25, cf. 5.24. 3. Pass., to be filled with song, ἀείσετο πᾶν τέμενος . . θαλίαις Pi. O. 10(11).76.

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