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語源

From Latin Hymēn, from Ancient Greek Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn).

固有名詞

Hymen

1. (Greek mythology) The god of marriage and marriage ceremonies.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:

     "By the saffron robe of Hymen," cried Lord Norbourne, "but that would be a blessing! I own that I am no great friend to marriage in general; […] If a young man has his way to make in the world, a wife is a dead weight upon his hands. […]"

関連する語

• hymen
• hymeneal
• hymenean

参照

アナグラム

• hymne

語源

From Ancient Greek Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈhyː.meːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈiː.men]

固有名詞

Hȳmēn m sg (genitive Hȳmenis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Hymen, god of weddings and marriage
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.480:

     nec quid Hymen, quid amor, quid sint conubia curat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transf.) A wedding song

   Synonym: hymenaeus

3. (transf.) A wedding, nuptials

語形変化

Third-declension noun, singular only.

派生語

• hymeneius

関連する語

• hymenaeus

参照

• “Hymen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press