προσῳδία

προσῳδία

See also: προσῳδίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρός (prós, “to”) +‎ ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/ → /pro.soˈði.a/ → /pro.soˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/

Noun

προσῳδῐ́ᾱ • (prosōidíā) f (genitive προσῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a song with an accompaniment
2. (grammar) the tone or pitch of a word
3. diacritic mark

Inflection

First declension of ἡ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ hē prosōidíā	τὼ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōidíā	αἱ προσῳδῐ́αι hai prosōidíai
Genitive	τῆς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς tês prosōidíās	τοῖν προσῳδῐ́αιν toîn prosōidíain	τῶν προσῳδῐῶν tôn prosōidiôn
Dative	τῇ προσῳδῐ́ᾳ têi prosōidíāi	τοῖν προσῳδῐ́αιν toîn prosōidíain	ταῖς προσῳδῐ́αις taîs prosōidíais
Accusative	τὴν προσῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn prosōidíān	τὼ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōidíā	τᾱ̀ς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s prosōidíās
Vocative	προσῳδῐ́ᾱ prosōidíā	προσῳδῐ́ᾱ prosōidíā	προσῳδῐ́αι prosōidíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Hyponyms

• (προσῳδίαι ἑλληνικαί) προσῳδία; βαρεῖα ⟨ ` ⟩, βραχεῖα ⟨ ˘ ⟩, δασεῖα ⟨ ῾ ⟩, διαίρεσις ⟨ ¨ ⟩, κορωνίς ⟨ ᾽ ⟩, μακρά ⟨ ¯ ⟩, ὀξεῖα ⟨ ´ ⟩, περισπωμένη ⟨ ῀ ⟩, προσγεγραμμένη ⟨ ι ⟩, ὑπογεγραμμένη ⟨ ͺ ⟩, ψιλή ⟨ ᾿ ⟩ ^{(Category: grc:Diacritical marks)}

Descendants

• Latin: accentus (calque)
• Latin: prosōdia
  • English: prosody
  • German: Prosodie, Prosodik

References

• “προσῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προσῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• προσῳδία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette