εὐρυθμία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὔρυθμος (eúruthmos, “rhythmical”) (from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “rhythm”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.rytʰ.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.rytʰˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βryθˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.vryθˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.vriθˈmi.a/
Noun
εὐρυθμίᾱ • (euruthmíā) f (genitive εὐρυθμίᾱς); first declension
- rhythmical order
Declension
First declension of ἡ εὐρυθμίᾱ; τῆς εὐρυθμίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ εὐρυθμίᾱ hē euruthmíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς εὐρυθμίᾱς tês euruthmíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ εὐρυθμίᾳ têi euruthmíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν εὐρυθμίᾱν tḕn euruthmíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | εὐρυθμίᾱ euruthmíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: eurythmy
Further reading
- “εὐρυθμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐρυθμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐρυθμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cadence idem, page 108.
- gracefulness idem, page 368.
- melodiousness idem, page 524.
- melody idem, page 524.
- tunefulness idem, page 900.
- eurythmy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911