I.with acc. to sing, laud, sing of, Lat. canere, c. acc., Hes., Trag.:—also in Prose, to celebrate, commemorate, Hdt., Xen.;—c. dupl. acc., ἃ τὴν πόλιν ὕμνησα the points wherein I praised our city, Thuc.:—Pass. to be sung of, Ἀργεῖοι ὑμνέαται (ionic for -ηνται) have been praised, Hdt.; ὑμνηθήσεται πόλις Eur.; αἱ ὑμνούμεναι φιλίαι the famous friendships, Arist.
2.c. acc. cogn. to sing, Aesch., Eur.
II.to tell over and over and over again, to repeat, recite, rehearse, Lat. decantare, Plat.; ὑμνήσεις κακά wilt sing continually of thy ills, Soph.; τὰν ἐμὰν ὑμνεῦσαι (ionic for -οῦσαι) ἀπιστοσύναν ever singing of my want of faith, Eur.:—Pass., βαί᾽, ἀεὶ δ᾽ ὑμνούμενα few words, but such as oft repeated, Soph.
III.intr. to sing, chant, Thuc., Xen.