LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Eumolpus

Meaning

  1. a fabulous Thracian singer and priest of Ceres

Eumolpus, i, m., = Εὔμολπος,
I. a fabulous Thracian singer and priest of Ceres, who brought the Eleusinian mysteries and the culture of the vine to Attica, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 199.—His descendant of the same name, the son of Musaeus, Ov. M. 11, 93.—A sacerdotal family in Athens also bore, after him, the name Eumolpĭdae, ārum, m., Εὐμολπίδαι, Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Nep. Alc. 4 al.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyEumolpusEumolpus (Εὔμολπος), that is, " the good singer," a Thracian who is described as having come to Attica either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of Dem…

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What does Eumolpus mean in Latin?
Eumolpus, a proper noun, means “a fabulous Thracian singer and priest of Ceres”.