The corpus record — Latin

hymnus

hymnus · m

a song of praise

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Where it lives

Praefatio 1 · 42.74/10k
Florida 3 · 3.81/10k
Peristephanon Liber 5 · 2.85/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 4 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 3 · 0.69/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

hymnus — Lewis & Short

hymnus, i, m., = u(/mnos,

I a song of praise, a hymn: hymnus cantus est cum laude Dei, Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 148, 17; Ambros. Expos. Psa. 118, prol. § 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 330, 9; Prud. Cath. 37 praef.; 4, 75: divinorum scriptor hymnorum, Lact. 4, 8, 14; Vulg. Psa. 60 tit.; id. Matt. 26, 30.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hymnus (scan p. 326; entry #5153).

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