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|Definition=Ep. [[ὑμνείω]] Hes.''Op.''2; Ep.3pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὑμνεῦσιν ''h.Ap.''190; fem. part. ὑμνεῦσα Hes. ''Th.''11; Aeol. inf. [[ὔμνην]] to be restored for [[ὑμνεῖν]] in Alc.5.2; Lacon. 1pl. subj. ὑμνίωμες Ar.''Lys.''1305 (lyr.): Aeol. 3pl. impf. ὔμνην Sapph. ''Supp.''20c.6: fut. ὑμνήσω Pi.''Parth.''2.11: ([[ὕμνος]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> with acc. of person or thing sung of, [[sing of]], first in Hes.''Th.''11,33, freq. in h.Hom. (h.Ap.178, al.), Lyr. (Sapph. [[l.c.]], Alc. [[l.c.]], Pi.''N.''10.2, al., B.10.13, al.), and Trag. (E.''IT''367, etc.; θρήνοις.. σ' ὑμνήσομεν Id.''Rh.'' 976): also in Prose, [[celebrate in a hymn]], [[commemorate]], Ὦπιν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.35; τὰς τούτων ἀρετάς Lys.2.2, cf. B.5.33; [Παλαμήδη] ὑμνοῦσιν ὡς.. ἀπόλλυται [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.33, etc.; τὸν θεόν ''Act.Ap.''16.25; of the hymn itself, οὔτε.. μέ τις ὕμνος ὕμνησεν S.''Ant.''815 (lyr.): c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">ἃ τὴν πόλιν ὕμνησα</b> the [[point]]s wherein I [[praise]]d our [[city]], Th. 2.42:—Pass., to [[be celebrated in hymns]], of gods, ''OGI''56.66 (Canopus, iii B.C.), Paus.9.23.3, etc.; also <b class="b3">Ἀργεῖοι.. τὰ πολλὰ πάντα ὑμνέαται</b> (Ion. for -ηνται) [[are]] everywhere [[praise]]d, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.67; ὑμνηθήσεται πόλις [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1590; ἡ ὑμνουμένη χρυσῆ πλάτανος [[famous]], X.''HG''7.1.38; αἱ ὑμνούμεναι φιλίαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1171a15; [[σοφία]] ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται [[LXX]] ''Pr.'' 1.20: impers., ὑμνεῖτο δ' [[αἰσχρῶς]] = [[foul]] [[song]]s were sung, Com.Adesp. 1203.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[descant upon]], in song or speech, ἐν κατηρεφεῖ στέγῃ.. ὑμνήσεις κακά S.''El.''382; <b class="b3">τὰν ἐμὰν ὑμνεῦσαι</b> (Dor. for -οῦσαι) <b class="b3"> ἀπιστοσύναν</b> ever [[sing]]ing of my [[want]] of [[faith]], E.''Med.''423 (lyr.):—Pass., Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν.. ὑμνοῖτο.. φροιμίοις πολυρρόθοις A.''Th.''7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. cogn., [[sing]], [[ᾆσμα]], [[ὕμνον]], Heraclit.15, A.''Ag.''1191: c. dupl. acc., παιᾶνα.. ὑμνοῦσι.. τὸν Αατοῦς γόνον E.''HF''688 (lyr.), cf. ''SIG''711 ''L''12 (Delph., ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[tell over and over again]], [[harp upon]], [[repeat]], [[recite]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 317a, ''R.''549e, ''Tht.''174e, etc.; [[ὡς]].. Id.''R.''364a; <b class="b3">ὑμνοῦσι τὸ γῆρας ὅσων κακῶν αἴτιόν [ἐστι]</b> ib.329b; <b class="b3">τὸν νόμον ὑμνεῖν</b> = [[recite]] the [[form]] of the [[law]], Id.''Lg.''871a:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ δ' εἶπε πρός με βαί', ἀεὶ δ' ὑμνούμενα</b> (Sch. τὰ [[πολυθρύλητος|πολυθρύλητα]]) [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''292.<br><span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[sing]], [[chant]], ὡς ποιηταὶ ὑμνήκασι περὶ αὐτῶν Th.1.21; <b class="b3">ὑμνῶν οὔποτ' ἔληγεν ὡς</b>.. X.''Ages.''11.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in pass. sense, <b class="b3">φῆμαι.. ὑμνήσουσι περὶ τὰ ὦτα</b> will [[ring]] in their [[ear]]s, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 463d. [On the quantity, v. [[ὕμνος]].]