ἀοιδή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾠδή (ōidḗ) – Attic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.oi̯.dɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.yˈde̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.yˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.yˈði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈði/
Noun
ᾰ̓οιδή • (aoidḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓οιδῆς); first declension
- song, ode
- legend, tale, story
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓οιδή; τῆς ᾰ̓οιδῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓οιδή hē aoidḗ | τὼ ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ tṑ aoidā́ | αἱ ᾰ̓οιδαί hai aoidaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓οιδῆς tês aoidês | τοῖν ᾰ̓οιδαῖν toîn aoidaîn | τῶν ᾰ̓οιδῶν tôn aoidôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓οιδῇ têi aoidêi | τοῖν ᾰ̓οιδαῖν toîn aoidaîn | ταῖς ᾰ̓οιδαῖς taîs aoidaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓οιδήν tḕn aoidḗn | τὼ ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ tṑ aoidā́ | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ς tā̀s aoidā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓οιδή aoidḗ | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ᾰ̓οιδαί aoidaí | ||||||||||
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First declension of ᾰ̓οιδή; ᾰ̓οιδῆς (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ᾰ̓οιδή aoidḗ | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ᾰ̓οιδαί aoidaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓οιδῆς aoidês | ᾰ̓οιδαῖν / ᾰ̓οιδαῖῐν / ᾰ̓οιδῇῐν aoidaî(i)n / aoidêiin | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ων / ᾰ̓οιδέ͜ων / ᾰ̓οιδῶν aoidā́ōn / aoidé͜ōn / aoidôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓οιδῇ aoidêi | ᾰ̓οιδαῖν / ᾰ̓οιδαῖῐν / ᾰ̓οιδῇῐν aoidaî(i)n / aoidêiin | ᾰ̓οιδῇσῐ / ᾰ̓οιδῇσῐν / ᾰ̓οιδῇς / ᾰ̓οιδαῖς aoidêisi(n) / aoidêis / aoidaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓οιδήν aoidḗn | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ς aoidā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓οιδή aoidḗ | ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ᾰ̓οιδαί aoidaí | ||||||||||
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Adjective
ᾰ̓οιδή • (aoidḗ)
- nominative/vocative singular feminine of ᾰ̓οιδός (aoidós)
Further reading
- “ἀοιδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀοιδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀοιδή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀοιδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀοιδή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀοιδή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- chant idem, page 124.
- lay idem, page 480.
- melody idem, page 524.
- ode idem, page 569.
- poem idem, page 623.
- song idem, page 793.