μέλπω1
μέλπω,
Il. 1.474 ,
Lasus 1 , etc.: Ep. impf.
2). intr.,
sing,
A. Ag. 245 ,
E. IT 429 (both lyr.): c.acc.cogn.,
μ. θανάσιμον γόον A. Ag. 1445 ;
ἰαχάν, βοάν,
E. Med. 150 ,
Tr. 547 (both lyr.);
μ. τᾶς κιθάρας ἐνοπάν let it
sound,
Id. Ion 881 (lyr.): c. dat. instrum.,
μ. αὐλῷ play on .. ,
AP 6.195 (
Arch.);
μ. πτεροῖς, of the swan,
Anacreont. 58.9 .
II). Med.
μέλπομαι,
Hom. (v. infr.),
E. Ph. 787 (lyr.): aor. part.
μελψάμενος AP 7.19 (
Leon.): fut.
μέλψομαι in pass. sense, ib.
9.521 :—
sing to the lyre or harp,
μετὰ δέ σφιν ἐμέλπετο θεῖος ἀοιδός, φορμίζων Od. 4.17 , cf.
13.27 ;
μέλπεο καὶ κιθάριζε h.Merc. 476 ;
Μελπόμενος, epith. of Dionysus at Athens,
Paus. 1.2.5 ;
dance and sing, as a chorus,
μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ Il. 16.182 , cf.
h.Hom. 19.21 ;
μέλπεσθαι Ἄρηϊ to dance a war-dance in honour of Ares, by a bold metaph. for
to fight on foot (
ἐνὶ σταδίῃ),
Il. 7.241 : c. acc. cogn.,
στοναχὰς μέλποντο let them
sound,
E. Andr. 1039 (lyr.), cf.
Ph.l.c. (lyr.).
ShortDef
celebrate with song and dance
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
μέλπω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μελπω1
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέλπω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:474" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.474/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.474 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0366.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0366.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lasus</span> 1 </a>, etc.: Ep. impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μέλπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 265 </a> : fut. <span class="quote greek">μέλψω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 446 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:989" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:989/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 989 </a> (both lyr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 1.8 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span></span>): aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔμελψα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 245 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1445/canonical-url/"> 1445 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:974" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:974/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 974 </a> (lyr.):— Med. (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>):—poet. Verb, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">celebrate with song and dance</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μέλποντες ἑκάεργον</span> Il.l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">Φοῖβον</span> Hes.l.c., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 75.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τινὰ κατὰ χέλυν</span> E.l.c.; <span class="quote greek">τινὰ κώμοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:989" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:989/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 989 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. ᾠδαῖς Σπάρτην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 41.19 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">μ. τὸν πόσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:339" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:339/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 339 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 245 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 429 </a> (both lyr.): c.acc.cogn., <span class="quote greek">μ. θανάσιμον γόον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1445/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1445 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἰαχάν, βοάν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:150" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:150/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 150 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:547" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:547/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 547 </a> (both lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. τᾶς κιθάρας ἐνοπάν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sound</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:881" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:881/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 881 </a> (lyr.): c. dat. instrum., <span class="foreign greek">μ. αὐλῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">play</span> on .. , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.195 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arch.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">μ. πτεροῖς</span>, of the swan, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anacreont.</span> 58.9 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Med. <span class="orth greek">μέλπομαι</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (v. infr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:787/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 787 </a> (lyr.): aor. part. <span class="quote greek">μελψάμενος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.19 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>): fut. <span class="foreign greek">μέλψομαι</span> in pass. sense, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1458.tlg001:9:521" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1458.tlg001:9.521/canonical-url/"> 9.521 </a>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sing</span> to the lyre or harp, <span class="quote greek">μετὰ δέ σφιν ἐμέλπετο θεῖος ἀοιδός, φορμίζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.17 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.27/canonical-url/"> 13.27 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέλπεο καὶ κιθάριζε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:476/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 476 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Μελπόμενος</span>, epith. of Dionysus at Athens, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.2.5 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dance and sing</span>, as a chorus, <span class="quote greek">μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.182 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg019.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg019.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 19.21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέλπεσθαι Ἄρηϊ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to dance a war-dance</span> in honour of Ares, by a bold metaph. for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to fight on foot</span> (<span class="etym greek">ἐνὶ σταδίῃ</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.241 </a>: c. acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">στοναχὰς μέλποντο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> them <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sound</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1039" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1039/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 1039 </a> (lyr.), cf. <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span>l.c. (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sing of, celebrate</span>, <span class="quote greek">νόμους καὶ ἤθεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 66 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.78 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. χοροῖσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:554" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:554/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 554 </a> (lyr.).</div> </div><br><br>'}