Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Epithalamium

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

EPITHALAM'IUM (ἐπιθαλάμιον). The nuptial song, sung in chorus by a company of young girls outside the door of the bridal chamber. Quint. ix. 3. 16. Theocr. Id. 18.