Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑμνοποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑμνοποιός ὑμνοποιόν

Structure: ὑμνοποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poie/w

Sense

  1. making hymns, a minstrel

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ εὐτυχοῦντι Τρωικῷ στρατῷ ἥκω πορεύουσ’ ἄνδρα σοι μέγαν φίλον, τῆσ ὑμνοποιοῦ παῖδα Θρῄκιον θεᾶσ Μούσησ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:7)
  • τόν θ’ ὑμνοποιὸν αὐτὸσ ἃν τίκτῃ μέλη χαίροντα τίκτειν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. making hymns

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

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