ὑμνῳδία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑμνῳδός (humnōidós, “singing hymns”) + -ία (-ía), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “hymn”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) "song".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hym.nɔːi̯.dí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ym.noˈdi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ym.noˈði.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ym.noˈði.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /im.noˈði.a/
Noun
ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ • (humnōidíā) f (genitive ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- singing of a hymn, hymning
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ hē humnōidíā | τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ humnōidíā | αἱ ὑμνῳδῐ́αι hai humnōidíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς tês humnōidíās | τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν toîn humnōidíain | τῶν ὑμνῳδῐῶν tôn humnōidiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾳ têi humnōidíāi | τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν toîn humnōidíain | ταῖς ὑμνῳδῐ́αις taîs humnōidíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn humnōidíān | τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ humnōidíā | τᾱ̀ς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s humnōidíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ humnōidíā | ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ humnōidíā | ὑμνῳδῐ́αι humnōidíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: hymnody
Further reading
- ὑμνῳδία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑμνῳδία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette