ὑμέναι-ος [ῠ], ὁ, (Ὑμήν)
the wedding or
bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc:
Aeolic dialect ὐμήνᾰος [
Refs 7th c.BC+]: a form
ὑμήναιος in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2)
wedding, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) ={Ὑμήν},
Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, frequently in Trag. and Comedy texts (Lyric poetry), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι᾽ ἄναζ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι᾽ Ὑμήν[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Doric dialect Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]