μέλος, εος, τό,
limb, in early writers always in
plural, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελέων ἔντοσθε within my
bodily frame, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ μέλη (-εα)
limb by limb, likeμελεϊστί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλη ποιεῖν
dismember, [
LXX]: later in
singular, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2 metaphorically, ἐσμὲν.. ἀλλήλων μέλη [
NT]
3 features, form, οὐκέτ᾽ ἐγὼ.. γονέων μ. ὄψομαι [
Refs]
B especially
musical member, phrase: hence,
song, strain, first in [
Refs], of the nightingale (the [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of
lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in
lyric strain, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλη, τά,
lyric poetry, choral songs, opposed to Epic or Dramatic verse, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.b lyric portion of the Comic παράβασις, [
Refs 7th c.AD+]
B.2 music to which a song is set, tune, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥυθμός, μέτρον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, [
Refs]; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
properly, correctly, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ μέλος
incorrectly, inopportunely, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.3 melody of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ᾽ αὖ φθέγγοιθ᾽ ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός [
Refs 6th c.BC+]: generally,
tone, μ. βοῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is corrupt in epigram cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
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