epithalamium
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕpĭthălămĭum: ii, n., = ἐπιθαλάμιον,
I a nuptial song, epithalamium, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 11. Quintilian calls the wellknown Carmen nuptiale of Catullus (62) Epithalamium, Quint. 9, 3, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
epithalamium, iī, n. (επιθαλάμιον), das Brautlied, das meist chorweise vor der Brautkammer (thalamus) abgesungen wurde (hingegen der hymenaeus bei der Heimführung der Braut), Quint. 9, 3, 16. Treb. Poll. Gallien. 11. § 7: sanctarum nuptiarum dulce canit epithalamium, Hieron. epist. 53, 8.
Latin > English
epithalamium epithalamii N N :: nuptial song
