ὑμέναιος

ὑμέναι-ος [ῠ], ὁ, (Ὑμήν)

• the wedding or bridal song, sung by the brideʼs attendants as they led her to the bridegroomʼs house, Il. 18.493, Hes. Sc. 274, A. Ag. 707 (lyr.), E. IA 1036 (lyr., s. v.l.): pl., παμφώνων ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi. P. 3.17, cf. E. Alc. 922 (anap.), etc.: Aeol. ὐμήνᾰος Sapph. 91, Epigr.Gr. 418.7 (Cyrene): a form ὑμήναιος in Call. Aet. 3.1.43 [Fr. 75.43 Pf.].
• • • 2 wedding, S. OT 422, E. Ion 1475 (lyr.): pl., S. Ant. 813 (lyr.), E. IA 123 (lyr.), Phld. Mus. p.68 K.
  • II = Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, freq. in Trag. and Com. (lyr.), Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιʼ ἄναξ E. Tr. 314; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιʼ Ὑμήν ib. 331; Ὑμὴν Ὑμέναιʼ ὦ Ar. Pax 1335; Ὑμὴν ὦ, Ὑμέναιʼ ὦ Id. Av. 1736, 1742; Dor. Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theoc. 18.58; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων Opp. C. 1.341.

ὑμέναιος, ὁ, der Hochzeitsgesang, den die Begleiter der Braut sangen, wenn diese aus dem väterlichen Hause in das des Bräutigams geführt wurde ; Il. 18.493 ; Hes. Sc. 274 ; ὑμεναίων ἰαχὰν παμφώνων, Pind. P. 3.17 ; Aesch. Ag. 690 ; οὔθʼ ὑμεναίων ἔγκληρον, Soph. Ant. 807 ; daher Hochzeit, O.R. 422 ; Eur. I.A. 430, Ion 1475 ; nicht selten im plur., παιδὸς δαίσομεν ὑμεναίους, I.A. 123. – Auch wie Ὑμήν, Gott der Ehe, Eur. Troad. 311, Heracl. 917 u. sonst. – S. auch nom. pr.

ὑμέναιος

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A wedding or bridal song : πολὺς ὑμέναιος ὀρώρει Il. 18.493.

ὑ˘μέναιος

• • a bridal song παμφώνων ἰαχὰν ὑμεναίων P. 3.17 ὑ]μεναίῳ (supp. Lobel) Πα. 22. b. 4.
  • b pro pers. ἁ δʼ Ὑμέναιον, ὃν ἐν γάμοισι χροιζόμενον [Μοῖρα] σύμπρωτον λάβεν ἐσχάτοις ὕμνοισιν (sc. ὕμνει) Θρ. 3. 7.

ὑμέναιος : wedding-song, bridal-song, Il. 18.493†.

ὑμέναιος ὑμέναιος (ῠ), ὁ, Ὑμήν

• • Ihymenaeus, the wedding or bridal song, sung by the brideʼs attendants as they led her to the bridegroomʼs house, Il., Trag.
  • • 2a wedding, Soph., Eur.; and in pl., Soph., Eur.
  • II= Ὑμήν, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιʼ ἄναξ Eur.; Doric Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε Theocr.