ἐπῳδή

A. song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, ἐπαοιδῇ δ’ αἷμα..ἔσχεθον Od. 19.457, cf. Pi. P. 4.217 ; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι S. Aj. 582 ; of the Magi, Hdt. 1.132 ; μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν A. Pr. 174, cf. S. OC 1194 ; ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν X. Mem. 2.6.10 sq.; ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι Anaxandr. 33.13; οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ’ αὖ ἐπῳδαί Pl. R. 426b ; θυσίαι καὶ ἐ. ib.364b ; τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ. Id. Smp. 202e, etc.: c. gen. obj., charm for or against.., τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ A. Eu. 649.

II. apptly., = ἐπῳδός 11, Poet.Oxy. 661.21 (pl.).