A.singer, minstrel, bard, Il.24.720, Od.3.270, al., Hes.Th.95, Op.26, Sapph.92, etc.; “ἀ. ἀνήρ” Od.3.267; “θεῖος ἀ.” 4.17, 8.87, al.; “τοῦ ἀρίστου ἀνθρώπων ἀ.” Hdt.1.24; “πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀ.” Arist.Metaph.983a4: c.gen., γόων, χρησμῶν ἀοιδός, E.HF110, Heracl. 403; πρᾶτος ἀ., of the cock, Theoc.18.56.
2. fem., songstress, “πολύϊδρις ἀ.” Id.15.97; of the nightingale, Hes.Op.208; of the Sphinx, S.OT36, E.Ph.1507 (lyr.); “ἀοιδὸς Μοῦσα” Id.Rh.386 (lyr.).
3. enchanter, S.Tr.1000.
II. as Adj., tuneful, musical, “ἀοιδοτάταν ὄρνιθα” E.Hel.1109 (lyr.), cf. Theoc.12.7, Call.Del.252, IG12(2).443.