epinicial
English
Etymology
See epinicion.
Adjective
epinicial (not comparable)
- (rare, obsolete) Relating to victory.
- 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 […]
- 1774–81, Thomas Warton, The History of English Poetry
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epinicial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)