ῥαψῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós, “performer of Epic poetry”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ap.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/ → /rap.soˈði.a/ → /rap.soˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ap.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rap.soˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rap.soˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rap.soˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rap.soˈði.a/

Noun

ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱ • (rhăpsōidĭ́ā) f (genitive ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. recitation of Epic poetry
2. Epic composition
3. rigmarole

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ hē rhapsōidĭ́ā	τὼ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ rhapsōidĭ́ā	αἱ ῥαψῳδῐ́αι hai rhapsōidĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς tês rhapsōidĭ́ās	τοῖν ῥαψῳδῐ́αιν toîn rhapsōidĭ́ain	τῶν ῥαψῳδῐῶν tôn rhapsōidĭôn
Dative	τῇ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾳ têi rhapsōidĭ́āi	τοῖν ῥαψῳδῐ́αιν toîn rhapsōidĭ́ain	ταῖς ῥαψῳδῐ́αις taîs rhapsōidĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn rhapsōidĭ́ān	τὼ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ rhapsōidĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s rhapsōidĭ́ās
Vocative	ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ rhapsōidĭ́ā	ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ rhapsōidĭ́ā	ῥαψῳδῐ́αι rhapsōidĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: rhapsōdia
  • → Middle French: rhapsodie
    • → English: rhapsody
    • French: rhapsodie

Further reading

• “ῥαψῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥαψῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥαψῳδία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette