Also 7, 9 epinikion, 7 (in Lat. form) epinicium. [a. Gr. ἐπινίκιον song of victory, neut. of ἐπινίκιος adj., f. ἐπί upon + νίκη victory.] In Greece, an ode sung in honor of a victor in the games; a song of triumph generally.
1613. Day, Day’s Dyall (1614), 106. That Creed … is called Epinicium by Erasmus, that is, a song of Triumph.
a. 1667. Jer. Taylor, Serm. (1678), 243. An Epinicion, and Song of eternal Triumph.
1698. [R. Fergusson], View Eccles., Pref. He … Sung an Epinikion … too soon over his fancied Achievements.
1782. Warton, Enq. Rowley’s Poems, 69 (T.). A triumphal epinicion on Hengist’s massacre.
1816. G. S. Faber, Orig. Pagan Idol., I. 349. The sublime epinicion of Isaiah.
