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αὐδή , Dor. αὐδά , ,
A.human voice, speech (but distd. fr. φωνή, Stoic. 2.44), “μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐ.Il.1.249.
2. generally, sound or twang of the bow-string, “καλὸν ἄεισε χελιδόνι εἰκέλη αὐδήνOd.21.411; of a trumpet, E.Rh.989; of the τέττιξ, Hes.Sc.396; of the sound emitted by the statue of Memnon, Epigr.Gr.990.7 (Balbilla).
II. report, account,ἔργων ἀΐοντες αὐδήνS.OC240 (lyr.), cf. E.Supp.600 (lyr.), Hipp.567.
2. oracle, Id.IT976.
3. song, ode, Pi.N.9.4. (Cf. Skt. vadati 'speaks', v. ἀείδω.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 567
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 976
    • Euripides, Suppliants, 600
    • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, 396
    • Homer, Odyssey, 21.411
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 240
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.249
    • Euripides, Rhesus, 989
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