epinicial

English

Adjective

epinicial (not comparable)

1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of epinikian
   • 1774–81, Thomas Warton, The History of English Poetry

     Diodorus Siculus says that the Gauls, who were Celts, delivered the spoils won in battle, yet reeking with blood, to their attendants: these were carried in triumph, while an epinicial song was chanted […]

References

• “epinicial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.