LSJ
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guide aright, direct, δεῦρʼ ἀ. μολεῖν A. Ag. 1667; ἀ. βροτῶν τοὺς ἀγνωμοσύναν τιμῶντας corrects, chastises them, E. Ba. 884 (lyr.); ἐκ πρύμνης ἀ. to steer, Pl. Criti. 109c; πλήκτροις ἀ. τρόπιν S. Fr. 143, cf. Ichn. l.c.; ἀ. πόλιν govern, rule, Id. OT 104; ἀ.τὰ κοινά Aeschin. 3.158; κλήρῳ ἀ. [τὴν ἰσότητα] regulate, Pl. Lg. 757b, cf. Plt. 282e; ἀ. τι πρός τι to adjust, Arr. Epict. 4.12.16, cf. Luc. Im. 12; ταῖς συλλαβαῖς ἀ. τοὺς χπόνους D.H. Comp. 11.
not harmonious, Pl. R. 402d; χορδή D.H. Comp. 11.
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strong, deep, bass, opp. to ὀξύς, Od. 9.257, S. Ph. 208, Pl. Prt. 332c, Arist. EN 1125a14, etc.; βαρὺ ἀμβόασον A. Pers. 572 (lyr.); φθέγγονται βαρύτατον ἀνθρώπων Hp. Aër. 15; βαρύτατα ὑπακούειν, of diseases, Id. Prorrh. 2.39; πενθεῖν Ael. VH 12.1; esp. of musical pitch, low, opp. ὀξύς, βαρυτάτη χορδή Pl. Phdr. 268e; ἆχος, φωνά, Archyt. I, cf. Arist. EE 1235a28, Aristox. Harm. p.3 M.; of accent, grave, ἀντὶ ὀξείας τῆς μέσης συλλαβῆς βαρεῖαν ἐφθεγξάμεθα Pl. Cra. 399b; ὀξείᾳ καὶ βαρείᾳ καὶ μέσῃ φωνῇ Arist. Rh. 1403b30, etc.: hence ἡ βαρεῖα (sc. προσῳδία) accentus gravis, D.T. 630.1, etc.; β. τάσις D.H. Comp. 11, A.D. Synt. 307.13; β. τόνος D.T. 674.13, cf. A.D. Pron. 36.5; β. συλλαβή unaccented, Id. Synt. 100.8, al. Adv. βαρέως with the accent thrown back, Id. Pron. 51.1, Ath. 2.53b: Comp. -ύτερον, opp. ὀξύτερον ( ου) opp. οὗ), Arist. SE 178a3 (but, on a lower note, αὐλεῖν Id. GA 788a22).
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depth, low pitch, opp. ὀξύτης, Pl. Prt. 316a, Arist. GA 778a19, de An. 422b30, Aristox. Harm. p.3M., D.H. Comp. 11, etc.; the grave accent, opp. ὀξύτης, Arist. Po. 1456b33; absence of accent, A.D. Pron. 38.15, al.
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sweetness, pleasantness, γ. φυσική, of life, Arist. Pol. 1278b30; τῆς λέξεως D.H. Comp. 11; μέλος καὶ γ. Phld. Mus. p.49K.; of persons, Plu. Adul. 2.67b: in pl., delights, ἐπιθυμίαι πονηραὶ καὶ γλυκύτητες Phld. Lib. p.61 O.
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speech, language, Ar. Fr. 685; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν Antiph. 171; δ. ἀμνίου, opp. τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος, Hermipp. 3; articulate speech, language, opp. φωνή, Arist. HA 535a28; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί Id. Pr. 895a6; but also, spoken, opp. written language, D.H. Comp. 11.
III
smallest interval in the scale, [ ἡ ἀρχὴ] ἐν μέλει δ. Arist. APo. 84b39, cf. Metaph. 1053a12, D.H. Comp. 11, etc.; semi-tone in the diatonic scale, Philol. 6, Arist. Pr. 917b36; in enharmonic, quarter-tone, Aristox. Harm. p.21 M., etc., cf. Theo Sm. p.55 H.
annoy exceedingly, πόλεις Lys. 6.6; weary, bore, D. 19.329: pf. διώχληκα Jul. Or. 2.78b; press for payment, POxy. 286.13 (i A. D.); later, τινί Aeschin. Ep. 2.2, Plu. Cim. 18, Longus 3.20: abs., Ph. 1.356:— Pass., Luc. Am. 50, IG 3.48 (iii A. D.); ὑπὸ ῥυθμῶν D.H. Comp. 11.
of two syllables, Demetr.Poliorc. ap. Phylarch. 12 J. (of slave-names), D.H. Comp. 11, A.D. Pron. 49.14, Luc. Gall. 29; δισυλλάβῳ περιττεύειν Heph. 4.4. Adv. -βως A.D. Pron. 35.25, Ath. 10.446e, Sch. Th. Oxy. 853v12.
suffer annoyance, Arist. HA 560b24; to be displeased, τινί at a thing, Plb. 4.22.9, D.S. 5.9, J. AJ 8.5.3, Aq., Sm., Thd. Ps. 94 (95).10; δ. ὅτι D.H. Comp. 11: Medic., suffer malaise, Gal. 10.551, Aët. 5.5:—also Med., τινί Plb. 5.94.2; ἐπί τινι 11.28.11.
false note, D.H. Comp. 11: metaph., Corn. ND 32.
of rhythm, αἴσθησις Pl. Lg. 654a; possessing rhythm (opp. εὔρυθμος), D.H. Comp. 11; διάλεκτος Ephor. 6 J.; opp. ἔκρυθμος, S.E. M. 11.186. Adv. -μως Ath. 5.179f, 14.631b (prob.).
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trained habit, skill, Pl. Phdr. 268e, Arist. Pr. 955b1, Plb. 10.47.7, D.S. 2.29; τέχνη defined as ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως Phld. Rh. 1.69S.; ἄκρα ἕ. D.H. Comp. 11: c. gen., τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν Aristeas 121; ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων Phld. Rh. 2.35 S. (Almost confined to Prose, but cf. Orph. A. 391.)
melodious, μουσική Arist. Pol. 1341b26, Sopat. 10; opp. ἐμμελής (metrical), D.H. Comp. 11, etc.: generally, agreeable, συμπόσια Pl. Ax. 371d. Adv. - λῶς gracefully, Macho ap. Ath. 13.577d.
rhythmical, μουσικὴ εὔ., distd. fr. εὐμελής, Arist. Pol. 1341b26; λέξις Id. Rh. 1409a21; opp. ἔνρυθμος, D.H. Comp. 11, 25; εὔ. κρούματα Ar. Th. 121 (lyr.); εὔ. πούς moving in time, keeping time, ib. 985 (lyr.); προβήματα Id. Pl. 759; μέλος Pl. Lg. 655a; κίνησις ib. 795e; σφυγμὸς εὔ. a regular pulse, Gal. 19.409. Adv. - μως, καὶ μουσικῶς εἰπεῖν Isoc. 13.16; φέρεσθαι Plu. Aud. 2.45e.
semitone, Philol. 6, Aristox. Harm. p.21 M., al., D.H. Comp. 11, Arr. Epict. 2.11.2, etc.
unmusical sound, false note, D.H. Comp. 11; ὅταν αὐλητὴς μὴ πιέσας τὸ στόμα θρυλισμὸν ἢ ἐκμελές τι αὐλήσῃ Porph. in Harm. p.204 W.
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squander, ἅπαντα X. Cyr. 8.4.36; τὸν λόγον περί τι D.H. Comp. 11.
of or for speaking or speech, μέρη λ. the organs of speech, Plu. Cor. 38: λογική, ἡ, speech, opp. μουσική, D.H. Comp. 11; λ. φαντασία expressed in speech, Stoic. 2.61.
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shorten a syllable, D.H. Comp. 11: generally, λέξεων κατὰ ποσότητα μεμειωμένων Hdn.Gr. 2.909.
lyric, ποίησις Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.348b: μελικός, ὁ, lyric poet, of Pindar, Cons.Apoll. ib. 120c; τὸ μ. σχῆμα D.H. Comp. 11. Adv. - κῶς lyrically, Sch. Ar. Av. 209.
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musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in h.Hom. 19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn. 761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S. Fr. 699; esp. of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi. O. 9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt. 5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl. R. 607d, cf. D.H. Comp. 11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin. 236; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs, opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl. R. 379a, 607a, al.; [ μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib. 398d.
go to another place, remove, τόπων μετά ποι χωρεῖτʼ ἐκ τῶνδε A. Pr. 1060 (anap.); μ. εἰς [χώραν] X. HG 3.4.26; τὸ ᾠὸν μ. κάτω Arist. GA 754b29; of the foetus in the womb, change its place, Hp. Septim. 4; of birds of passage, migrate, ἐς τὴν Λιβύην Ar. Av. 710; of men, emigrate, Th. 2.72; withdraw from a conference, ἐκ τῶν λόγων Id. 5.112; go over to another party, Plu. Demetr. 29; μ. εἰς τἀναντία, of syllables, D.H. Comp. 11; change, εἰς φύσιν τινός Ael. NA 9.43.
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having the same accent, A.D. Pron. 75.16, al., D.H. Comp. 11. Adv. -νως, τινι St.Byz. s.v. Παραισός.
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sung to a high note, D.H. Comp. 11 ; having the acute accent, Hermog. Id. 1.12, A.D. Pron. 33.24, al. Adv. -νως ib. 29.2, S.E. M. 1.222, Eust. 41.4.
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lengthen a syllable metrically, D.H. Comp. 11, cf. 15 ( Pass.).
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circumflex accent, D.H. Comp. 11, A.D. Pron. 34.24.
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pronounce a vowel or word with the circumflex, A.D. Pron. 33.24, al., Plu. Thes. 26, etc.; esp. on the last syllable, Ath. 2.52f, etc.; π. τὸν τόνον A.D. Pron. 87.15 ; τῷ τόνῳ Gal. 16.495 ; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις] D.H. Comp. 11 ; π. [προσῳδία] D.T. 630.2, Ph. 1.29 ; περισπώμενος [φθόγγος] ib. 46.
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patina on bronze statues, Plu. Pyth. 2.395b: hence, metaph. of style, ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος π. D.H. Dem. 5, cf. 39, Comp. 11, al.
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variety, intricacy, ornamentation, αἱ περὶ τὴν λέξιν π. Isoc. 5.27, cf. D.H. Comp. 11, al.; ἡ π. τῆς λύρας Pl. Lg. 812d; opp. μονῳδία, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.7b.
polysyllabic, D.H. Comp. 11, Luc. Nec. 9.
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pronunciation of a syllable on a certain pitch, Arist. SE 166b1, 177b3 (where Uhlig ad D.T. (index) cj. ὀρός for ὅρος, cf. infr. 3), Po. 1461a22; τὸ δασύνειν ἢ ψιλοῦν ἢ ταῖς π. ἑτέρως τῆς συνηθείας ἐκφέρειν Phld. Rh. 1.155S., cf. Str. 9.2.20, D.H. Comp. 11, 19, Plu. Virt. doc. 2.439d, Hermog. Stat. 2; ἀναγνωστέον κατὰ προσῳδίαν D.T. 629.15; Dionysius . . Thrax . . tres [prosodias] . . tradidit . ., βαρεῖαν ὀξεῖαν περισπωμένην Gramm. Lat. iv p.529 K.; prosodiam ibi esse dicimus ubi aut sursum est aut deorsum, ib. p.531 K.; περὶ καθολικῆς π., title of work by Hdn.Gr., Hdn.Gr. 2.924.
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of or for rhythm, ποικιλία ib. Mus. 1138b, cf. 1144d; ἡ ῥ. λέξις, opp. ἡ πεζή, D.H. Comp. 11; ῥυθμικοί, οἱ, rhythmicians, ib. 17: ἡ -κή, opp. ἡ μετρική, Aristox. Harm. p.32M.
boasting, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.50; impressiveness, D.H. Comp. 11, Th. 23, 50, App. Syr. 10.
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unresonant, σομφὸν φθέγγεσθαι, of persons with polypus in the nose, Hp. Morb. 2.33; σομφὸν ἐμπνεύσας, of a flute-player, blowing thickly, huskily, D.H. Comp. 11, cf. Alex.Aphr. in Top. 329.28; half-way between λευκός and μέλας in sounds, as φαιός is in colours, Arist. Top. 106b7.
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ποίησις ψ. mere poetry, without music, i.e. Epic poetry, opp. Lyric ( ἡ ἐν ᾠδῇ), Pl. Phdr. 278c; so ἄνευ ὀργάνων ψ. λόγοι Id. Smp. 215c, cf. Arist. Po. 1447a29; ψ. τῷ στόματι, opp. μετʼ ὀργάνων, as a kind of μουσική, Pl. Plt. 268b; λύρας φθόγγοι . . ψιλοὶ καὶ ἀμεικτότεροι τῇ φωνῇ Arist. Pr. 922a16; ἡ ψ. φωνή the ordinary sound of the voice, opp. singing ( ἡ ᾠδική), D.H. Comp. 11.