εὐφωνία

See also: ευφωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰɔː.ní.aː/ → /eɸ.ɸoˈni.a/ → /ef.foˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.pʰoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.ɸoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.foˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.foˈni.a/

Noun

εὐφωνίᾱ • (euphōníā) f (genitive εὐφωνίᾱς); first declension

1. goodness of voice

Declension

First declension of ἡ εὐφωνίᾱ; τῆς εὐφωνίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐφωνίᾱ hē euphōníā	τὼ εὐφωνίᾱ tṑ euphōníā	αἱ εὐφωνίαι hai euphōníai
Genitive	τῆς εὐφωνίᾱς tês euphōníās	τοῖν εὐφωνίαιν toîn euphōníain	τῶν εὐφωνιῶν tôn euphōniôn
Dative	τῇ εὐφωνίᾳ têi euphōníāi	τοῖν εὐφωνίαιν toîn euphōníain	ταῖς εὐφωνίαις taîs euphōníais
Accusative	τὴν εὐφωνίᾱν tḕn euphōníān	τὼ εὐφωνίᾱ tṑ euphōníā	τᾱ̀ς εὐφωνίᾱς tā̀s euphōníās
Vocative	εὐφωνίᾱ euphōníā	εὐφωνίᾱ euphōníā	εὐφωνίαι euphōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• κακοφωνίᾱ (kakophōníā)

Descendants

• Greek: ευφωνία (effonía)
• → Latin: euphōnia
  • → Dutch: eufonie
  • → Finnish: eufonia
  • → English: euphony
  • French: euphonie
  • → German: Euphonie
  • Italian: eufonia
  • → Polish: eufonia
  • Portuguese: eufonia
  • Romanian: eufonie
  • Spanish: eufonía
• → Translingual: Euphonia
  • → English: euphonia
  • → Spanish: eufonia

Further reading

• εὐφωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐφωνία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “εὐφωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • delivery idem, page 208.
  • voice idem, page 955.