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ὑμνο-θέτης

umnothetes · ὁ

composer of hymns, lyric poet

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What it meant — LSJ

composer of hymns, lyric poet, of minstrelsy

composer of hymns, lyric poet, Theoc. Ep. 11, AP 7.428.16 (Mel.), 12.257 (Id.); ὑ. στέφανος a garland of minstrelsy, ib. 4.1.2, cf. 44 (Id.):—also ὑμνο-θετήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, EM 177.25.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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