epithalamium

== English == === Alternative forms === epithalamion === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin epithalamium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion, “bridal song”), neuter form of ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm/ === Noun === epithalamium (plural epithalamiums or epithalamia) A song or poem celebrating a marriage. (Ancient Greece) A song in praise of the bride or bridegroom ==== Derived terms ==== epithalamic ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === epithalamium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion), neuter form of Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pɪ.tʰaˈɫa.mi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.pi.taˈlaː.mi.um] === Noun === epithalamium n (genitive epithalamiī or epithalamī); second declension epithalamium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Alternative forms ==== epithalamion ==== Descendants ==== === References === “epithalamium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “epithalamium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.