ὑμνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑμνῳδός (humnōidós, “singing hymns”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “hymn”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) "song".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hym.nɔːi̯.dí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ym.noˈdi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ym.noˈði.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ym.noˈði.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /im.noˈði.a/

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Noun

ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ • (humnōidĭ́ā) f (genitive ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

singing of a hymn, hymning

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ hē humnōidĭ́ā	τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ humnōidĭ́ā	αἱ ὑμνῳδῐ́αι hai humnōidĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς tês humnōidĭ́ās	τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν toîn humnōidĭ́ain	τῶν ὑμνῳδῐῶν tôn humnōidĭôn
Dative	τῇ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾳ têi humnōidĭ́āi	τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν toîn humnōidĭ́ain	ταῖς ὑμνῳδῐ́αις taîs humnōidĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn humnōidĭ́ān	τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ humnōidĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s humnōidĭ́ās
Vocative	ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ humnōidĭ́ā	ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ humnōidĭ́ā	ὑμνῳδῐ́αι humnōidĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: hymnody