epinician

English

Adjective

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

Noun

epinician (plural epinicians)

1. A Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete
   • 2005, W.B. Henry, “Preface”, in Pindar's Nemeans, page v:

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

See also

• Epinikion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia