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αὐδάω

audao

utter sounds, speak

Appears 103 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐδάω, impf. ηὔδων Il. 3.203, Hdt. 2.57, S. OT 568, etc.: fut.αὐδήσω, Dor.-άσω [ᾱ] Pi. O. 1.7, S. OT 846; Dor.αὐδασοῦντι APl. 16.120 (Archel. or Asclep.): aor. ηὔδησα, Dor. αὔδᾱσα Pi. I. 6(5).42, etc.; part. αὐδήσας Il. 10.47, Dor. αὐδάσαις Pi. P. 4.61; Ion. 3sg. αὐδήσασκε Il. 5.786: pf. ηὔδηκα (ἀπ-) Hp. Gland. 14:—Pass., impf. ηὐδώμην (v. infr.): aor. part. αὐδηθείς S. Tr. 1106, Dor. αὐδαθείς E. Med. 174 (lyr.): pf. ηὔδημαι Maiist. 3: fut. αὐδηθήσομαι Lyc. 630: Ep. pres. 3pl. αὐδώωνται Opp. H. 1.776:—also Med., αὐδάομαι, A. Pr. 766, Eu. 379, S. Ph. 130: impf. ηὐδᾶτο Id. Aj. 772: fut. αὐδήσομαι, Dor. αὐδάσομαι Pi. O. 2.101: (αὐδή). I. c. acc. rei, 1. utter sounds, speak, Il. 1.92, etc.; τόσον αὐδήσασχʼ ὅσον ἄλλοι πεντήκοντα 5.786; ὣς δέ τις . . αὐδήσασκεν 17.420; αὐδᾶν κραυγήν utter a cry, E. Ion 893 (lyr.). 2. speak, say, ὁμοκλήσας ἔπος ηὔδα Il. 6.54; αὔδα ὅ τι φρονέεις 18.426; so οὐκ αὐδᾶν ἔσθʼ ἃ μηδὲ δρᾶν καλόν S. OT 1409; τί τινι Id. OC 25:—Med., Id. Ph. 130, 852 (lyr.):—Pass., ηὐδᾶτο γὰρ ταῦτα so ‘twas said, Id. OT 731, cf. 527; ὡς ηὐδᾶτʼ ἐκεῖib.940. 3. of oracles, utter, proclaim, ib. 392, etc.; οὕστινας κομπεῖς γάμους αὐδᾶν speak out concerning them, A. Pr. 948. 4. αὐ. ἀγῶνα sing of a contest, Pi. O. 1.7. 5. abs., speak, utter, of the statue of Memnon, Epigr.Gr. 988 (Balbilla), al. II. c. acc. pers., 1. speak to, address, accost, ἀντίον αὐδᾶν τινά Il. 3.203, al.; ἔπος τέ μιν ἀντίον ηὔδα 5.170; αὐδῶν δεινὰ πρόσπολον κακά E. Hipp. 584; call on or invoke a god, Id. HF 499,1215. 2. c. acc. et inf., bid, order to do, αὐ. σε χαίρειν Pi. P. 4.61, cf. S. OC 1630; αὐ. σε μή . . forbid, A. Th. 1048, etc.; αὐδῶ τινὶ ποιεῖν E. IT 1226; αὐδῶ σιωπᾶν S. OC 864; αὐδήσας χαίρειν Epigr.Gr. 205.7 (Halic.); αὐδῶ καὖθις ἀπαυδῶ Ar. Ra. 369:—Med., S. Aj. 772. 3. call by name, λεώς νιν Θετίδειον αὐδᾷ E. Andr. 20:—Med., ὅν τε λέοντα αὐδάξαντο Nic. Th. 464:—more freq. in Pass., αὐδῶμαι παῖς Ἀχιλλέως S. Ph. 240; Ζηνὸς αὐδηθεὶς γόνος Id. Tr. 1106; αὐδᾶσθαι νεκρόν Id. Ph. 430; κάκιστʼ αὐδώμενος most ill reported of, A. Th. 678; ὁ παραμασήτης ἐν βροτοῖς αὐδώμενος Alex. 236 (paratrag.). 4. mean such an one, E. Hipp. 352.—Never in good Att. Prose.
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