The corpus record

μελλό-νυμφος

mellonumphos

about to be

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k

What it meant

μελλό-νυμφος · mello-nymphos — LSJ

about to be, betrothed, wedded, maidens, of the maidens

about to be betrothed or wedded, esp. of females, S. Ant. 633, D.C. 58.7, Epigr.Gr. 364.3 (Cotiaeum); rarely of the male, Phryn.Com. 78 (prob. for -νύμφιος), Lyc. 174: in S. Tr. 207 (lyr.), ἀνολολυξάτω (-ύξετε codd.) δόμοις . . ὁ μελλόνυμφος, we shd. read either δόμος . . ὁ μ. the maidens of the household or δόμοις . . ἁ (sc. κλαγγά) the shout of the maidens.

In the wild

μελλονύμφου · mellonymphou Sophocles, Antigone 632–633
μελλόνυμφος · mellonymphos Sophocles, Trachiniae 205–208

Where it came from

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