The corpus record

ᾠδικός

odikos

musical, musician

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k

What it meant — LSJ

musical, musician

musical, as Subst., musician, Ar. Fr. 8D., Arist. EE 1238a36, etc.; opp. ῥητορικός, Plu. QConv. 2.622a; opp. ὀρχηστικός, Theopomp.Hist. 111 (a); of animals, opp. ἄνῳδος, Arist. HA 488a34; ᾠδικώτερος κύκνων Luc. Tim. 47, cf. DMar. 1.5 (Comp.), Electr. 4; ὄρνιθες τῶν ᾠδικῶν Ael. VH 14.30. Adv. -κῶς Ar. V. 1239, Pl.Com. 8D.: Comp. -ώτερον Luc. Sat. 4.

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ᾠδικοὶ · ōidikoi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ᾠδικὸς · ōidikos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7

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