Greek word
ōidḗ
ᾠδή
What it means
a chant or ode (the general term for any words sung
a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while hýmnos (ὕμνος) denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and psalmós (ψαλμός) still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation)
Where it comes from
from áidō (ᾄδω)