Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.hymn, ode, in praise of gods or heroes (“καί τι ἦν εἶδος ῳδῆς εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς, ὄνομα δὲ ὕμνοι ἐπεκαλοῦντο” Pl.Lg.700b; “ὕμνους θεοῖς καὶ ἐγκώμια τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς” Id.R.607a, cf. Arist.Po.1448b27), once in Hom., “ἀοιδῆς ὕμνος” Od.8.429 (folld. by Demodocus' song of the Wooden Horse, 499 sqq.); “ὕμνῳ νικήσαντα φέρειν τρίποδ᾽” Hes.Op.657; “ἀνδρῶν τε παλαιῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν ὕμνον ἀείδουσιν” h.Ap.161; freq. in Pi., ὕμνος πολύφατος, ἐπικώμιος, etc., O.1.8, N.8.50, al.; “Θήρωνος Ὀλυμπιονίκαν ὕμνον” O.3.3; and in B., “ὑφάνας ὕμνον” 5.10, cf. 6.11, al.; ὕμνοι θεῶν to or in honour of the gods, Pl.Lg.801d; “τιμῶν θεὰν ὕμνοισιν” E.Hipp.56; “τοὺς χοροὺς . . καὶ τοὺς ὕ. τῷ θεῷ ποιεῖτε” D.21.51, cf. Pl.Smp.177a; ὕμνοι Δαυείδ psalms of David, LXX 2 Ch.7.6; “ψαλμοὶ καὶ ὕ. καὶ ᾠδαί” Ep.Eph.5.19: in Trag. also of mournful songs, addressed to gods or heroes, “τὸν δυσκέλαδον ὕ. Ἐρινύος” A.Th.868 (lyr.), cf. Pers.620, 625 (anap.), Ch.475 (lyr.); “ὕ. ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρμικτος” Id.Eu.331 (lyr.), cf. 306; “ἐν ἀλύροις κλέοντες ὕμνοις” E.Alc.447 (lyr.); ὕ. Ἅιδου, of one whose songs are death, Phryn. Com.69 (lyr.).—On ὕμνοι of various kinds v. Men.Rh.p.333 S.; “ὁ κυρίως ὕ. πρὸς κιθάραν ᾔδετο ἑστώτων” Procl.Chr.ap.Phot.Bibl.p.320 B., cf. Did. ap. EM777.9. [Most commonly υ_, but only by position; υ^ proved by εὔυ^μνος (q.v.), “υ^μνῳδεῖ” A.Ag.990 (lyr.), υ^μνήσω E.Ba.72 (lyr.).]