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Ἀπῳδὸν μέλος · tuneless melody (α 3663) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α3663

α3659to break wind
α3660wiping off
α3661to expire, to dry out
α3662beardless men
α3663tuneless melody
α3664away, away from
α3665they thrust away
α3666pushed-away, rejected
α3667I have emigrated (from)

Suda/Α alpha/α3663

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Ἀπῳδὸν μέλος

tuneless melody

Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
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2 notes · 29 words

Translation

[Meaning] one which is not pleasing.¹
One foreign to the tune.²
Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)pw|do/s, he who is dissonant, he who is away from the tune.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπῳδὸν μέλος· τὸ μὴ ἀρέσκον. τὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς ἀλλότριον. καὶ Ἀπῳδός, ὁ κακόηχος, ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς.

Betacode

*)apw|do\n me/los: to\ mh\ a)re/skon. to\ th=s w)|dh=s a)llo/trion. kai\ *)apw|do/s, o( kako/hxos, o( a)po\ th=s w)|dh=s.

Notes (2)

[1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere.
2Likewise in Photius and elsewhere (glossing the adjective alone). ↩
3Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.

Neighbouring entries

α3661Ἀποψύχεινto expire, to dry out α3662Ἀπώγωνεςbeardless men α3663Ἀπῳδὸν μέλοςtuneless melody α3664Ἄπωθενaway, away from α3665Ἀπώθησανthey thrust away

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Oct 2015

12 Oct 2015tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
30 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
9 Apr 2012notes; more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπῳδὸν μέλος (Adler number alpha 3663), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 14 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3663

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗