epinician

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adjective

Of, related to, or resembling a certain type of Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete

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Meanings

adjectiveepinician (comparative more epinician, superlative most epinician)

comparative more epinician · superlative most epinician

  1. Of, related to, or resembling a certain type of Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete
nounepinician (plural epinicians)

plural epinicians

  1. A Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete

    it is some time since a commentator writing in English tackled a whole book of the epinicians.

    2005, W.B. Henry, “Preface”, in Pindar's Nemeans, page v
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APA

epinician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epinician

MLA

“epinician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epinician. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epinician,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epinician.

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