λυσι·ῳδός, οῦ (ὁ, ἡ) [ῡ]
      1 acteur ou actrice qui jouait une sorte de pantomime inventée par Lysis, ARISTOCL. et ARISTOX. (ATH. 620 e) ; PLUT. Syll. 36 ;
      2 λ. αὐλός, ATH. 182 c, flûte dont on jouait dans ces pantomimes.

Étym. Λῦσις, ᾠδή.

ὁ, one who played women΄s characters in male attire, Aristox. Fr. Hist. 57, Posidon. 4 J., Phld. Int. Sto. 7, Plu. Sull. 36; so called from Λῦσις, who wrote songs for such actors, Str. 14.1.41; distd. from μαγῳδός, ibid., but identified with μ. by Aristocl. Hist. 7; fem. ἡ λυσιῳδός Ath.Naucr. (FGrH 166) 1 J. as Adj., λ. αὐλοί flutes that accompanied such songs, Ephor. 3 J. (nisi leg. λυσιῳδ<ικ>ῶν).

[ῡ], ὁ, u. ἡ, eine Art Pantomimen, welche von ihrem Erfinder Lysis ihren Namen haben sollen, vgl. Ath. XIV.620e, wo Aristocles sie = μαγῳδοί erkl., Aristoxenus aber sagt τὸν γυναικεῖα πρόσωπα ἀνδρείοις ὑποκρινόμενον καλεῖσθαι λυσ.; – λυσιῳδοῖς ὑπαυλεῖν, VI.252e, λυσιῳδοῦ γυναικός, V.211 ; Plut. Sull. 36 ; Strab. XIV p. 648.