θᾰλᾰμήπολ-ος,ἡ, (parox.)
A. attendant in a lady's chamber, waiting-maid, Od. 7.8 , 23.293 ; but, = ταμίη (cf. θάλαμος
1.2
b), A. Th. 359 (lyr.).
2. θ.,ὁ , in later Gr.,eunuch of the bedchamber, Plu. Alex. 30 , Agath. 1.7 ; of the Galli oreunuch-priests of Cybele,
AP 6.220 ( Diosc. ); but alsoἡ,a priestess of Cybele, Rhian. 67.1 .
II. rarely,bridegroom, S. OT 1210 (lyr.).
III. Adj.,bridal, ὄρφνη
Musae. 231
; epith. of Aphrodite, APl. 4.177 ( Phil. ).