αὐδή , ῆς: voice, properly the human voice with
reference to its pleasing effects; τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ
γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή, of Nestor as
orator, Il. 1.249
; θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν, Phemius,
the minstrel, Od. 1.371; said of a
bird, ἣ δ̓ (the bowstring) ὑπὸ κα_λὸν ἄεισε, χελι_δόνι εἰκέλη
αὐδήν, Od.
21.411.