ὑμνέω
Etym. ὕμνος
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.
2. in a pass. sense, φῆμαι ὑμνήσουσι περὶ τὰ ὦτα "will ring" in their ears, Plat. [In Eur. sometimes υ.]