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μέλος
μέλος .μέλος, εος, a limb, Hom., etc.; μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, Aesch.; κατὰ μέλεα limb by limb, like μελεϊστί, Hdt. a song, strain, Hhymn., etc.:—esp. of lyric poetry, ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt.; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, the choral songs, opp. to the dialogue, Plat. the music to which a song is set, the tune, Plat.; ἐν μέλει in tune, Plat.; παρὰ μέλος, out of tune, Plat.

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a limb; a phrase of song; a song

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μέλος .μέλος, εος, a limb, Hom., etc.; μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, Aesch.; κατὰ μέλεα limb by limb, like μελεϊστί, Hdt. a song, strain, Hhymn., etc.:—esp. of lyric poetry, ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt.; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, the choral songs, opp. to the dialogue, Plat. the music to which a song is set, the tune, Plat.; ἐν μέλει in tune, Plat.; παρὰ μέλος, out of tune, Plat.
IDX:
20693
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20714
Key:
me/los

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