- ὑμέναιος
- ὑμέναι-ος [pron. full] [ῠ], ὁ, ([etym.] Ὑμήν)A the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, Il.18.493, Hes.Sc.274, A.Ag.707 (lyr.), E.IA1036 (lyr., s. v.l.): pl.,
παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi.P.3.17
, cf. E.Alc.922 (anap.), etc.: [dialect] Aeol. [full] ὐμήνᾰος Sapph.91, Epigr.Gr.418.7 ([place name] Cyrene): a form [full] ὑμήναιος in Call. Aet.3.1.43.2 wedding, S.OT422, E.Ion1475 (lyr.): pl., S.Ant. 813 (lyr.), E.IA123 (lyr.), Phld.Mus.p.68K.II = Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.),Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι' ἄναζ E.Tr.314
; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι' Ὑμήν ib.331;Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναι' ὦ Ar.Pax1335
;Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναι' ὦ Id.Av.1736
,1742; [dialect] Dor.Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theoc.18.58
; hence the two are used as one word,ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων Opp.C.1.341
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Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.