Ὑμήν

From LSJ

Χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him

Euripides, Alcestis 109-11
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Full diacritics: Ὑμήν Medium diacritics: Ὑμήν Low diacritics: Υμήν Capitals: ΥΜΗΝ
Transliteration A: Hymḗn Transliteration B: Hymēn Transliteration C: Ymin Beta Code: *(umh/n

English (LSJ)

ένος, ὁ,
A Hymen, the god of marriages, v. ll. cc. sub ὑμέναιος: —voc. Ὑμέν is cited from Call. (Fr.461).
II = ὑμέναιος 1, wedding-song, Poll.3.37. [ῡ Theoc.18.58, whereas in Ὑμέναιος υ is short; but ῠ Opp.C.1.341 (text doubtful in E.Tr.331 (lyr.)), cf. Lat. Hy, Hymenaeus.]

French (Bailly abrégé)

ένος (ὁ) :
voc. Ὑμέν;
Hymen, dieu du mariage.
Étymologie: ὑμήν.

Greek Monotonic

Ὑμήν: -ένος, ὁ, Υμήν, ο θεός του γάμου, βλ. Ὑμέναιος (, σε αντίθ. προς το Ὑμέναιος, όπου το υ είναι βραχύ).

Greek Monolingual

1. ο θεός του γάμου, ο Υμέναιος·2. (ως προσηγορικό) το γαμήλιο άσμα, ο υμέναιος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άγνωστης ετυμολ. Κατά μία άποψη, η λ. είναι ταυτόσημη με την ὑμήν, -ένος (βλ. λ. υμένας), υπαινισσόμενη μέσω του γαμήλιου άσματος τα τυπικά που ακολουθούν τη γαμήλια τελετή, τα σχετικά, με τον παρθενικό υμένα. Κατ' άλλη άποψη οι τ. ὑμήν «υμένας» και ὑμήν «υμέναιος» δεν συνδέονται ετυμολογικά, ενώ η λ. ὑμήν «γαμήλιο άσμα» θα πρέπει να συνδεθεί με τη λ. ὕμνος. Κατ' άλλους, τέλος, η λ. ὑμήν της τελετουργικής ορολογίας θα πρέπει να αναχθεί στο προελληνικό γλωσσικό υπόστρωμα, από όπου και οι τ. ὑμήν «υμένας» (με αρχική σημ. «ραφή») και ὕμνος.

Wikipedia EN

Hymen (Ancient Greek: Ὑμήν), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which is sung at the nuptial threshold. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. Hymen is the son of Apollo and one of the muses, Clio or Calliope or Urania or Terpsichore.

Hymen's name is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *syuh₁-men-, "to sew together," hence, "joiner;" it is also recorded in Doric Greek as Ῡ̔μᾱ́ν (Hyman). The term hymen was also used for a thin skin or membrane, such as the hymen that covers the vaginal opening and was traditionally supposed to be broken by sexual intercourse following a woman's (first) marriage. So, the membrane's name was not directly connected to that of the god, but they shared the same root and in folk etymology were sometimes supposed to be related.

Translations

ar: هيمين; be: Гіменей; br: Hymen; bs: Himen; ca: Himeneu; cs: Hymén; de: Hymenaios; el: Υμέναιος; eml: Imenéo; en: Hymen; eo: Himeno; es: Himeneo; fa: هایمن; fi: Hymen; fr: Hymen; gl: Himeneo; hu: Hümenaiosz; hy: Հիմենևս; id: Himenaios; it: Imene; ja: ヒュメナイオス; la: Hymen; lt: Himenajas; mk: Химен; nl: Hymenaeus; no: Hymenaios; pl: Hymen; pt: Himeneu; ru: Гименей; sl: Himen; sr: Химен; sv: Hymenaios; th: ไฮเมเนียส; uk: Гіменей; zh: 海曼