Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυμφοκόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφοκόμος νυμφοκόμον

Structure: νυμφοκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kome/w

Sense

  1. dressing a bride, bridal

Examples

  • οὐ σύριγγι τραφεῖσαν οὐδ’ ἐν ῥοιβδήσεσι βουκόλων, παρὰ δὲ ματέρι νυμφοκόμον Ἰναχίδαισ γάμον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, epode2)

Synonyms

  1. dressing a bride

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

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