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English
Pronunciation
Noun
epithalamion (plural epithalamions)
- Alternative form of epithalamium.
1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:‘What is your view of a text we have never considered in class, I mean the Song that is Solomon’s?’ ‘A well-made epithalamion. Somewhat vulgar.’
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion), neuter form of Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”).
Pronunciation
Noun
epithalamion n (genitive epithalamiī); second declension
- epithalamium
c. 45 CE – 96 CE,
Statius,
Silvae 1.pr:
- Respondebis illi tu, Stella carissime, qui epithalamion tuum, quod mihi iniunxeras, scis biduo scriptum.
- You will respond to him, my dearest Stella; you know that your epithalamium, which you had tasked me with writing, has been written over the course of two days.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
References
- epithalamion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.