δ1650Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάς
intricate-twisted songs
[Meaning] ones in broken rhythm/voice. Aristophanes [writes]: "if one of them were to [...] twist a tune, such as these intricate-twisted ones today in the style of Phrynis that singers today sing, let him be creamed,…
Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάς· τὰς κεκλασμένας. Ἀριστοφάνης· εἰ δέ τις ἐπικάμψειέ τινα καμπήν, οἵας οἱ νῦν τὰς κατὰ Φρῦνιν ταύτας τὰς δυσκολοκάμπτους, ἐπιτριβέσθω τυπτόμενος πολλὰς ὡς τὰς…
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