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epinician, a.|ɛpɪˈnɪsɪən|
Also 9 epinikian.
[f. epinici-on + -an.]
Celebrating victory.
1652Benlowes Theoph. vi. xlviii, The Laureate King..Warbles This Epinician Canzon to his Lyre. 1850Grote Greece ii. lv. VII. 75 note, Alkibiadês obtained from Euripidês the honour of an epinikian ode, or song of triumph, to celebrate this event. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets v. 120 The Epinikian Ode was the most costly and splendid flower in the victor's wreath. |