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

  • ἁ μὲν Ἀριστοκλῆοσ ἔχει χέλυν, ἁ δ’ Ἀγελάδα βάρβιτον, ἁ Καναχᾶ δ’ ὑμνοπόλουσ δόνακασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2203)
  • ὑμνοπόλουσ δ’ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν Ὅμηροσ, λαμπρότατον Μουσῶν φέγγοσ ἀνασχόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 242)
  • δρῦσ γὰρ ἐπ’ ὀρνίθεσσι φέρει τὸν ἀνάρσιον ἰξόν, ἁ δὲ βότρυν στέργει δ’ ὑμνοπόλουσ Βρόμιοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 87 1:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ θέμισ, οὐδὲ δίκαιον, ὄλλυσθ’ ὑμνοπόλουσ ὑμνοπόλοισ στόμασιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 122 1:2)

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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