ψαλμῳδία

See also: ψαλμωδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós, “psalmist”) (from ψαλμός (psalmós, “plucking strings”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psal.mɔːi̯.dí.aː/ → /psal.moˈði.a/ → /psal.moˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psal.mɔːi̯.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psal.moˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psal.moˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psal.moˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psal.moˈði.a/

Noun

ψαλμῳδίᾱ • (psalmōidíā) f (genitive ψαλμῳδίᾱς); first declension

1. singing with harp accompaniment

Declension

First declension of ἡ ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱ hē psalmōidíā
Genitive	τῆς ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱς tês psalmōidíās
Dative	τῇ ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾳ têi psalmōidíāi
Accusative	τὴν ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn psalmōidíān
Vocative	ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱ psalmōidíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψαλμουδιά (psalmoudiá), ψαλμωδία (psalmodía)
• → Latin: psalmōdia
  • → English: psalmody
  • → French: psalmodie (learned)
  • → Italian: salmodia (learned)
  • → Romanian: psalmodie (learned)
  • → Spanish: salmodia (learned)

Further reading

• ψαλμῳδία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ψαλμῳδία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ψαλμῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press