Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑμνοπόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑμνοπόλος ὑμνοπόλον

Structure: ὑμνοπολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pole/w

Sense

  1. busied with songs of praise, a poet, minstrel

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ θέμισ, οὐδὲ δίκαιον, ὄλλυσθ’ ὑμνοπόλουσ ὑμνοπόλοισ στόμασιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 122 1:2)
  • τῇ δ’ ἅμα καὶ σάμψυχον ἀφ’ ἡδυπνόοιο Ῥιανοῦ, καὶ γλυκὺν Ἠρίννησ παρθενόχρωτα κρόκον, Ἀλκαίου τε λάληθρον ἐν ὑμνοπόλοισ ὑάκινθον, καὶ Σαμίου δάφνησ κλῶνα μελαμπέταλον ἐν δὲ Λεωνίδεω θαλεροὺσ κισσοῖο κορύμβουσ, Μνασάλκου τε κόμασ ὀξυτόρου πίτυοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 1 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. busied with songs of praise

Related

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

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