ἐπῳδός

ἐπῳδός, 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. UP 17.3, 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.