Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.song, lay, ode, h.Ap.20, h.Cer.494; in Trag. (exc. that A. uses only ἀοιδή (q. v.)), of dirges, “πολλὰς θρήνων ᾠδάς” S.El.88 (anap.); “ὀξυτόνους ᾠ. θρηνήσει” Id.Aj.631 (lyr.); “ᾠδὰ ἐπικήδειος” E.Tr.514 (lyr.); but also of joyful songs, songs of praise, “καλλίνικος” Id.El.865 (lyr.); “ἴακχος” Id.Cyc.69 (lyr.); “λύπας πολυχόρδοις ᾠ. παύειν” Id.Med.197 (anap.); “ᾠδὰς ὑστέροισι θήσετε” Id.Supp.1225; “χαίροντες ᾠδῆς . . μέλεσιν” Ar.Ra.244(lyr.); “ὑμεναίοις καὶ νυμφιδίοισι δέχεσθ᾽ ᾠ.” Id.Av.1729(lyr.): freq. in Pl., “ᾠ. κιθαρῳδική” Lg.722d; “κιθαρίζειν πρὸς τὴν ᾠ.” Alc.1.108a; ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη ποίησις lyric poetry and . . , Phdr.245a; “ἐν ταῖς ᾠδαῖς καὶ μέλεσιν” R.399c, cf. 398c; opp. λέξις, Lg.816d; ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις ib.664a; of poems such as those of Stesichorus on Helen, Isoc.10.64; of the various songs associated with particular employments or conditions, Clearch.37, cf. Eust.1164.10, 1236.60.

2. = ἐπῳδός, magic song, spell, Longus 2.7.

3. meton. for “χορδή, Τέρπανδρος . . δέκα ζεῦξε Μοῦσαν ἐν ᾠδαῖς” Tim.Pers.238.

II. singing, Plu.Crass.33, etc.; of birds, Arist.HA613b24.