eumolpid

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Εὐμολπίδης (Eumolpídēs), said to be after an ancestor named Εὔμολπος (Eúmolpos), though perhaps instead from εὔμολπος (eúmolpos, “sweetly singing”) from εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + μέλπω (mélpō, “celebrate with song and dance”). ==== Noun ==== eumolpid (plural eumolpids or eumolpidae) a member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece === Etymology 2 === From the family name Eumolpidae, which was named after the type genus, Eumolpus. ==== Noun ==== eumolpid (plural eumolpids) (zoology) Any beetle in the chrysomelid subfamily Eumolpinae.