I.the god of marriage, of weddings, Hymen.
I. Lit.: “dum illam educunt huc novam nuptam foras, suavi cantu concelebra omnem hanc plateam Hymenaeo! Io Hymen Hymenaee! Io Hymen!” Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 1 sqq.; “15 sq.: jam veniet virgo, jam dicetur Hymenaeus. Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee,” Cat. 62, 5 (acc. to the Gr. Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναιε); 62, 10 sq.; “for which: io Hymen Hymenaee io, Io Hymen Hymenaee,” id. 61, 124; 144 sq.: “vulgus Hymen Hymenaee vocant,” Ov. H. 14, 27; 12, 143: “nec quid Hymen, quid Amor, quid sint conubia, curat,” id. M. 1, 480: “Hymen,” id. H. 6, 44: “taedas Hymenaeus Amorque Praecutiunt,” id. M. 4, 758; so, “Hymenaeus,” id. ib. 6, 429; 9, 762 et saep.—
B. Derivv.: Hymĕnēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hymen, Hymeneal: “lex, Mart. Cap. poët. 7, § 1: tripudia,” id. 2, § 132 al.—
II. Transf.
A. A nuptial song: “et subito nostras hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,” Ov. H. 12, 137: “hymenaeum qui cantent,” Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7; Ov. M. 12, 215; Stat. S. 2, 7, 87.—Hence, Hymĕnāĭcus , a, um, adj., = ὑμεναϊκός, hymeneal, belonging to a nuptial song: “metrum,” Serv. de Cent. Metr. 3, 2.—
B. Nuptials, a wedding: “hymen funestus illaetabilis,” Sen. Troad. 861: “conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo: Hic hymenaeus erit,” Verg. A. 4, 127: “(Helena) Pergama cum peteret inconcessosque hymenaeos,” id. ib. 1, 651; so in plur., Lucr. 4, 1251; Verg. A. 3, 328; 4, 99; Stat. Th. 3, 283.—
2. Transf., of animals, Verg. G. 3, 60.
