English Explanatory Dictionary

eumolpid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece
noun
  1. Any beetle in the chrysomelid subfamily Eumolpinae.

Word forms

eumolpid eumolpids eumolpidae

Etymology

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”).

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