Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελλόνυμφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελλόνυμφος μελλόνυμφον

Structure: μελλονυμφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/mfh

Sense

  1. about to be betrothed or wedded, the maidens of the house.

Examples

  • ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων τῆσ μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει; (Sophocles, Antigone, episode2)

Synonyms

  1. about to be betrothed or wedded

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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