Πολυμνία

Πολυμνία

See also: Πολύμνια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contracted from *Πολῠῠ́μνῐᾰ (*Poluúmnia), from πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ ῠ̔́μνος (húmnos, “song”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lyːm.ní.aː/ → /po.lymˈni.a/ → /po.limˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lyːm.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.limˈni.a/

Proper noun

Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ • (Polūmníā) f (genitive Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Polyhymnia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ hē Polūmníā
Genitive	τῆς Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς tês Polūmníās
Dative	τῇ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾳ têi Polūmníāi
Accusative	τὴν Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Polūmníān
Vocative	Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ Polūmníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πολῡμνῐ́ς (Polūmnís)

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυμνία (Polymnía)
• Latin: Polyhymnia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
• Πολυμνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette