Νυμφοστόλος

bride-escort

Translated by David Whitehead11 Oct 2009Vetting: high6 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] bride-bringer.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νυμφοστόλος· νυμφαγωγός.

Betacode

*numfosto/los: numfagwgo/s.

Same entry in other lexica; references at Photius nu292 Theodoridis, where the editor suggests that the headword noun comes from Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations 40.18 (PG 36.381b) or John Chrysostom, de turture 3 (PG 55.602).
cf. nu 599 (and nu 587).

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