rhapsody
rhapsody
subs.
P. ῥαψῳδία, ἡ, met., P. αὔχημα, τό, P. and V. κόμπος, ὁ (Thuc.).
subs.
P. ῥαψῳδία, ἡ, met., P. αὔχημα, τό, P. and V. κόμπος, ὁ (Thuc.).
RHAPSODY
carmen (Lucr. 6 9 38): rhapsodia (a name given to each of the books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey): farrago (a medley): cento (a compilation; Isid.): opus in breve tempus refectum (a light composition).
carmen (Lucr. 6 9 38): rhapsodia (a name given to each of the books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey): farrago (a medley): cento (a compilation; Isid.): opus in breve tempus refectum (a light composition).
rhapsody:
I. A book of the Iliad; rhapsōdia, Nep. Dion 6, 3.
II. A flighty, unconnected discourse: no exact equiv.: perh. expressed by flumen inanium verborum, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1 (cf. Quint. 10, 7, 23): to mistake r.s for sublime flights, praecipitia pro sublimibus habere, Quint. 12, 10, 73.
I. A book of the Iliad; rhapsōdia, Nep. Dion 6, 3.
II. A flighty, unconnected discourse: no exact equiv.: perh. expressed by flumen inanium verborum, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1 (cf. Quint. 10, 7, 23): to mistake r.s for sublime flights, praecipitia pro sublimibus habere, Quint. 12, 10, 73.