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ὀπηδ-ός

opedos

attendant, companion

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1. ὀπηδός · opēdos — Beekes

ὀπηδός [m.] ‘attendant, companion’ (h. Merc. 450, late prose). 4 GR> VAR Dor. (also γὰρ. etc.) ὀτιᾶδός. eDER ὀπηδέω, ὀπαδέω [v.] ‘to attend, accompany’ (IL), -ebw (A. R.) with ὀπάδησις [£] ‘attendance’ (Criton apud Stob.), dmmdntiip: σύνοδος, ἀκόλουθος ‘fellow, companion’ (H.). *ETYM On ὀπάων, ὀπαδός in tragedy, see Bjorck 1950: 109f. Since ὀπηδός can hardly be separated from synonymous ὀπάων, an analysis ὀπη-δός … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀπηδός, p. 1141]

2. ὀπηδός · opēdos — Frisk

ὀπηδός, dor. (auch Trag. u.a.) ὀπᾶδός m. “Begleiter” (ep. poet. seit ἢ. Merc. 450, auch sp. Prosa). Davon ὀπηδέω, ὀπαδέω "begleiten, mitgehen’ (ep. poet. seit II., -do A. R.) mit ὀπάδησις f. ‘Begleitung’ (Kriton ap. Stob.), ὀπηδητήρ΄ σύνοδος, ἀκόλου- ®os H. — Da ὀπηδός von dem synonymen ὀπάων schwerlich zu trennen ist, liegt eine Zerlegung ὁπη-δός (ὀπ-ηδός Ὁ) nahe; eine entsprechende Bildung, zumal eines Nom. … — [Frisk, s.v. ὀπηδός, p. 1374]

3. ὀπηδ-ός · opēd-os — LSJ

attendant, pursuing

attendant (cf. the Homeric ὀπάων), S. Tr. 1264 (anap.), E. Alc. 136 ; of body-guards, A. Supp. 985 : c. gen., Πάν, Ματρὸς μεγάλας ὀπαδέ Pi. Fr. 95 ; ἀοιδὰ στεφάνων ἀρετᾶν τε . . ὀ. Id. N. 3.8 ; τέκνων ὀ., of a παιδαγωγός, E. Med. 53 ; πυκνοστίκτων ὀ. ἐλάφων pursuing them, of Artemis, S. OC 1093 (lyr.) ; ἀστέρες . . νυκτὸς ὀ. Theoc. 2.166 ; τὴν Ἑκάτην ὀπαδὸν Ἀρτέμιδος εἶναι Phld. Piet. 91, cf. 33.

II following, accompanying, attending, following, following

as Adj., c. dat., following, accompanying, attending, ἐγὼ Μούσῃσιν ὀπηδός h.Merc. 450 ; πτεροῖς ὀπαδοῖς ὕπνου κελεύθοις following the ways of sleep (ὀπαδοῦσʼ following on wing the ways of sleep, cj. Dobree), A. Ag. 426 (lyr.); σταγόνα σπονδῖτιν, θυέεσσιν ὀπηδόν AP 6.190 (Gaet.).—Poet. word, used by Pl. Phdr. 252c, Phlb. 63e, and in late Prose, Phld. (v. supr.), Plu. Alc. 23, Jul. Or. 4.157a (ὀπηδός Ant.Lib. 7.7).

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