μολπαστάς

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `celebrate with song and dance, sing, dance', - ομαι (Il.), posthom. (ep. lyr.) aor. μέλψαι, - ασθαι, fut. μέλψω, - ομαι, (see Bielohlawek WienStud. 44, 1ff., 125ff.)

Compounds: Also with ἀνα-, μετα-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: μέλπηθρα n. pl. `plaything' (Il.), μελπήτωρ, - ορος m. `singer'; μολπή f. `(play with) song and dance' (Il.) with μολπαῖος adjunct of ἀοιδή (Erinn.), μολπηδόν `as a μ.' (A. Pers. 389), μολπᾶτις f. (Dor.) apposition to κερκίς `singer (fem.)' (AP), μολπάζω `sing (of)' (Ar.), from where μολπαστάς m. (Dor.) `singer, dancer' (AP), μολπάστρια = συμπαίκτρια H.; μολποί m. pl. guild of singers in Miletos with μολπικοί `id.' (V^a).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: No etymology. If somehow connected with μέλος (e.g. Diehl RhM 89, 92 f.), we must in any case start from the orig. meaning `member', not from the secondary `song'. Wide reaching speculations by Szemerényi Emer. 22, 169ff. On the supposed connection with a few Celt. words, e.g. OIr. - molor `I praise', Welsh mawl `praise' (Stokes IF 12, 191) s. WP. 2, 292.

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