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

  • οὗτοσ Ἀνακρείοντα, τὸν ἄφθιτον εἵνεκα Μουσέων ὑμνοπόλον, πάτρησ τύμβοσ ἔδεκτο Τέω, ὃσ Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη, πνείοντα δ’ Ἐρώτων, τὸν γλυκὺν ἐσ παίδων ἵμερον ἡρμόσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 251)
  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ἀτμήτοιο κόμασ ἀπεθήκατο δάφνασ Φοῖβοσ, ἑὸν τιμῶν ᾗ θέμισ ὑμνοπόλον Μοῦσαι δ’ ἐκλαύσαντο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4122)
  • ἤθελεν ὑμνοπόλον κεῖθι χοροστασίη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1443)

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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