The corpus record

μελῳδ-έω

melodeo

chant, sing

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Where it lives

Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

μελῳδ-έω · melōid-eō — LSJ

chant, sing, to be chanted, to be set to music, used in music

chant, sing, Ar. Av. 226, 1381, Th. 99:—Pass., to be chanted, τὰ ῥηθέντα ἢ μελῳδηθέντα Pl. Lg. 655d, cf. Chamael. ap. Ath. 14.620c; to be set to music, Cleanth. ap. Phld. Mus. p.98 K.; τὰ μελῳδούμενα διαστήματα used in music, Plu. An.procr. 2.1019a.

In the wild

μελῳδεῖν · melōidein Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 206)
μελῳδεῖν · melōidein Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 100)
μελῳδηθέντα · melōidēthenta Plato, Laws 655
ἐμελῴδει · emelōidei Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 18

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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