Ἐφύμνιον

refrain

Translated by Ioannis Doukas3 Jun 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] the song added to the hymn.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐφύμνιον· τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ ὕμνῳ ᾆσμα.

Betacode

*)efu/mnion: to\ e)pi\ tw=| u(/mnw| a)=|sma.

Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. For broader definitions see e.g. Hesychius epsilon7552, Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. e)fu/mnia, Hephaistion De poëmatis 70.11 ff., and cf. beta 530 (where the celebrated brekekekex koax koax in Aristophanes' Frogs is called an ephymnion).
cf. also iota 217.