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

  • κεῖται δ’ ἠπείροισ διδύμοισ ἔρισ, εἴθ’ ὅγε Λυδὸσ, εἴτε Λάκων πολλαὶ μητέρεσ ὑμνοπόλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 18 1:1)
  • ἁγεῖται δ’ ἄλλων πλάθεοσ ὑμνοπόλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 409 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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