μελλόνυμφος

A. about to be betrothed or wedded, esp. of females, S. Ant. 633, D.C. 58.7, Epigr.Gr. 364.3 (Cotiaeum); rarely of the male, Phryn.Com. 78 (prob. for -νύμφιος), Lyc. 174: in S. Tr. 207 (lyr.), ἀνολολυξάτω(‐ύξετε codd.) δόμοις . . ὁ μελλόνυμφος, we shd. read either δόμος . . ὁ μ. the maidens of the household or δόμοις . . ἁ (sc. κλαγγά) the shout of the maidens.