ἐπινίκιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπινίκιον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of victory]], ἀοιδαί Pi.''N.''4.78; ὕμνος D.S.5.29; <b class="b3">ἀγῶνες ἐπινίκιοι</b> games to [[celebrate victory]], Plb.30.22.1, cf. ''IGRom.''4.1268 (Thyatira); <b class="b3">ἐπινίκιος πομπή, ἐπινίκιος ἑορτή</b>, D.H.3.41, Plu.''Rom.''29; <b class="b3">ἐπινίκιοι τιμαί</b> the [[honour]]s [[of a triumph]], Id.''Aem.''31; ἐπινίκιος ἡμέρα Id.''Cor.''3; στολή D.C.37.21. Adv. [[ἐπινικίως]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἀλαλάζει]].<br><span class="bld">II</span>. as [[substantive]], [[ἐπινίκιον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ᾆσμα]], [[μέλος]]), τό, [[song of victory]], [[triumphal ode]], such as Pindar's, cf. Ath.1.3e; Ζῆνα.. ἐπινίκια κλάζων A.''Ag.''174 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[ἐπινίκια]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]), τά, [[sacrifice for a victory]] or [[feast in honour of it]], Ar.''Fr.''433, And.4.29, D.21.55, etc.; τὰ ἐπινίκια θύειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 173a, etc.; ἑστιᾶν D.59.33; <b class="b3">ἐπινίκια πέμψαι, ἐπινίκια πεμφθῆναι</b>, of a Roman [[triumph]], D.C.36.25,37.21.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἆθλα]]) [[prize of victory]], S.''El.'' 692, D.H.3.27, ''IG''7.3195,3196 (Orchom. Boeot.).