προῳδός

ᾠδή

A. prelude, overture, Sch.Ar. Av. 1372, EM 691.48.
II. a short verse before a longer one, opp. ἐπῳδός, Heph. Poëm. 7.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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