ἔπος
ἔπος, older
vέπος SIG 9 (v. infr.), etc.,
εος , τό (Skt.
A). vácas 'word', 'hymn', cf. εἶπον):
I). word, παύρῳ ἔπει in short
utterance, Pi. O. 13.98 ;
ἐπέων κόσμος Parm. 8.52 ,
Democr. 21 ;
ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν S. OC 443 ;
λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες Th. 3.67 : generally,
that which is uttered in words, speech, tale, ἔπος ἐρέειν Il. 3.83 , etc.;
φάσθαι Xenoph. 7.3 ,
Parm. 1.23 , etc.; joined with
μῦθος, Od. 4.597 ,
11.561 .—Special uses,
1). song or
lay accompanied by music, 8.91 ,
17.519 .
6). word, opp.
deed, ἔπε’ ἀκράαντα words of none effect, opp.
ἔτυμα, Od. 19.565 , cf.
E. HF 111 (lyr.); opp.
ἔργον, Il. 15.234 ,
Od. 2.272 , etc., cf.
11.1 ;
αἴτε vέπος αἴτε vάργον SIG 9 (Elis, vi B.C.); opp.
βίη, Il. 15.106 ; opp.
χεῖρες, 1.77 (pl.).
II). later usages,
2). κατ’ ἔπος word by word, κατ’ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας Ar. Ra. 802 .
4). ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν almost, practically, qualifying a too absolute expression, esp. with
πᾶς and
οὐδείς (not with metaphors),
Pl. Ap. 17a ,
Phd. 78e ,
Grg. 456a , al.,
Arist. Metaph. 1009b16 ,
Pol. 1252b29 ,
D. 9.47 , etc.; opp.
ὄντως or
ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Pl. Lg. 656e ,
R. 341b ; later
ὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν POxy. 67.14 (iv A.D.); in Trag.,
ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ. A. Pers. 714 (troch.),
E. Heracl. 167 ,
Hipp. 1162 , once in
Pl.,Lg. 967b (s.v.l.).
5). ἑνὶ ἔπει in one
word, briefly, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν Hdt. 3.82 .
IV). in pl.,
epic poetry, opp.
μέλη (lyric poetry),
ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι, etc.,
ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί Pi. N. 2.2 ;
τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα Hdt. 2.117 , cf.
Th. 1.3 ,
X. Mem. 1.4.3 ,
Pl. R. 379a , etc.;
ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τ’ ἀείδειν Theoc. Ep. 21.6 ;
νικήσας ἔπος IG 3.1020 ;
ποητὴς ἐπῶν ib.
7.3197.9 (Orchom. Boeot.), cf.
OGI 51.37 (Egypt, iii B.C.).
c). lines, verses, esp. of spoken
lines in the drama,
Ar. Ra. 862 ,
956 , etc.: sg.,
verse, line of poetry,
Hdt. 4.29 ,
Pl. Min. 319d ;
group of verses, Id. R. 386c ,
Hdt. 7.143 .
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Headword (normalized):
ἔπος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἔπος</span>, older <span class="orth greek">vέπος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 9 </span> (v. infr.), etc., <span class="itype greek">εος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, τό</span> (Skt. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vácas</span> \'word\', \'hymn\', cf. <span class="foreign greek">εἶπον</span>): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word,</span> <span class="foreign greek">παύρῳ ἔπει</span> in short <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">utterance,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.98 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπέων κόσμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:8:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:8.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Parm.</span> 8.52 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 21 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 443 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.67 </a> : generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that which is uttered in words, speech, tale,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἔπος ἐρέειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.83 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">φάσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:7.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 7.3 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:1.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Parm.</span> 1.23 </a>, etc.; joined with <span class="foreign greek">μῦθος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:597" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.597/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.597 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.561/canonical-url/"> 11.561 </a>.—Special uses, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">song</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lay accompanied by music,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.91/canonical-url/"> 8.91 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:519" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.519/canonical-url/"> 17.519 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pledged word, promise,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τελέσαι ἔπος</span> fulfil, keep <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one\'s word,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.44/canonical-url/"> 14.44 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1033" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1033/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1033 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word in season, counsel,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.216 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:807" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.807/canonical-url/"> 2.807 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.166 </a>, etc.; freq. in Trag., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:513" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:513/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 513 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word of a deity, oracle,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.266/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.266 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.13 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">saying, proverb,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὸ παλαιὸν ἔπος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.51 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:507" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:507/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 507 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word,</span> opp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deed,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἔπε’ ἀκράαντα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">words</span> of none effect, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἔτυμα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.565 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 111 </a> (lyr.); opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἔργον,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:234" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.234/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.234 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.272/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.272 </a>, etc., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.1/canonical-url/"> 11.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἴτε vέπος αἴτε vάργον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 9 </span> (Elis, vi B.C.); opp. <span class="foreign greek">βίη,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.106 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">χεῖρες,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.77/canonical-url/"> 1.77 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">subject of a speech, message,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:652" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.652/canonical-url/"> 11.652 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:701" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.701/canonical-url/"> 17.701 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1144 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later usages, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> joined with <span class="foreign greek">ἔργον</span> or <span class="quote greek">πρᾶγμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 1 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:174/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 174 </a> (troch.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 39 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἔργῳ τε καὶ ἔπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:879c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:879c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 879c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.134 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρηστὰ ἔργα καὶ ἔπεα ποιέειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.90 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἔπος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word by word,</span> <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:802" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:802/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 802 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς ἔπος</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the first word,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg-02:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg-02:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Sat.</span> 37 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word</span> in exchange for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμείβεσθαι, ἀποκρίνεσθαι,</span> of an oracle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Philops.</span> 38 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">ἔ. δ’ ἀμείβου πρὸς ἔ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:586" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:586/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 586 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1375/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1375 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 217d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν πρὸς ἔ.</span> to no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">purpose,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:751" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:751/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 751 </a> ; also, nothing to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the purpose,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐὰν μηδὲν πρὸς ἔ. ἀποκρίνωμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:295c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:295c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 295c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herm.</span> 36 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τί πρὸς ἔπος</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 18d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">almost, practically,</span> qualifying a too absolute expression, esp. with <span class="foreign greek">πᾶς</span> and <span class="foreign greek">οὐδείς</span> (not with metaphors), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 17a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:78e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:78e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 78e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:456a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:456a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 456a </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1009b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1009b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1009b16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1252b:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1252b.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1252b29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 9.47 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὄντως</span> or <span class="foreign greek">ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:656e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:656e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 656e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:341b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:341b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 341b </a> ; later <span class="quote greek">ὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 67.14 </span> (iv A.D.); in Trag., <span class="quote greek">ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:714" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:714/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 714 </a> (troch.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 167 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1162/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1162 </a>, once in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:967b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:967b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span>,<span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 967b </a>(s.v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἑνὶ ἔπει</span> in one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word, briefly,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.82 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of single <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">words,</span> esp. with ref. to etymology or usage, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:638" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:638/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 638 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:339a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:339a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 339a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὀρθότης ἐπῶν,</span>=<span class="foreign greek">ὀρθοέπεια</span> (q.v.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1181 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄριστ’ ἐπῶν ἔχον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1161/canonical-url/"> 1161 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">epic poetry,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">μέλη</span> (lyric poetry), <span class="foreign greek">ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι,</span> etc., <span class="quote greek">ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 2.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.117 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:4:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:4:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.4.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:379a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:379a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 379a </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τ’ ἀείδειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 21.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νικήσας ἔπος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.1020 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποητὴς ἐπῶν</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 7.3197.9 </span> (Orchom. Boeot.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 51.37 </span> (Egypt, iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poetry,</span> even lyrics, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 25 </a>(prob.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 3.8 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lines, verses,</span> esp. of spoken <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lines</span> in the drama, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:862" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:862/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 862 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:956" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:956/canonical-url/"> 956 </a>, etc.: sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">verse, line</span> of poetry, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg033:319d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg033:319d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Min.</span> 319d </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">group of verses,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:386c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:386c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 386c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.143 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lines</span> of writing, <span class="quote greek">μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.136 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι παραδραμεῖν,</span> of a historian, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg053:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg053:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hist.Conscr.</span> 28 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}