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

  • τίσ δὲ φέρων θοὸν ἴχνοσ ἐπὶ ζεφυρηίδασ αὔρασ ὑμνοπόλοσ σοφίησ, ἑκατὸν βλεφάροισι πεποιθώσ, τοξεύσει ἑκάτερθε πολύτροπα δήνεα τέχνησ, οἶκον ἰδὼν λάμποντα, περίδρομον, ἄλλον ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ, ἔνθ’ ἵνα καὶ γραφίδων ἱερῶν ὑπὲρ ἄντυγοσ αὐλῆσ ἔστιν ἰδεῖν μέγα θαῦμα, πολύφρονα Κωνσταντῖνον, πῶσ προφυγὼν εἴδωλα θεημάχον ἔσβεσε λύσσην, καὶ Τριάδοσ φάοσ εὑρ͂εν ἐν ὕδασι γυῖα καθήρασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 13:1)

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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