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θαλαμηπόλος

θαλαμηπόλος, a chamber-maid, waiting maid

θᾰλᾰμηπόλ-ος, ἡ, (parox.)
  • attendant in a ladyʼs chamber, waiting-maid, Od. 7.8, 23.293; but, = ταμίη (cf. θάλαμος I.2 b), A. Th. 359 (lyr.).
      • 2 θ., ὁ, in later Gr., eunuch of the bedchamber, Plu. Alex. 30, Agath. 1.7; of the Galli or eunuch-priests of Cybele, AP 6.220 (Diosc.); but also ἡ, a priestess of Cybele, Rhian. 67.1.
    • II rarely, bridegroom, S. OT 1210 (lyr.).
    • III Adj., bridal, ὄρφνη Musae. 231; epith. of Aphrodite, APl. 16.177 (Phil.).

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