ὑμνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔μνῳδός (hŭmnōidós, “singing hymns”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ῠ̔́μνος (hŭ́mnos, “hymn”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ, “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/

Noun

ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ • (hŭmnōidĭ́ā) f (genitive ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

singing of a hymn; hymning

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ hē hŭmnōidĭ́ā	τὼ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ hŭmnōidĭ́ā	αἱ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́αι hai hŭmnōidĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱς tês hŭmnōidĭ́ās	τοῖν ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́αιν toîn hŭmnōidĭ́ain	τῶν ῠ̔μνῳδῐῶν tôn hŭmnōidĭôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾳ tēî hŭmnōidĭ́āi	τοῖν ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́αιν toîn hŭmnōidĭ́ain	ταῖς ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́αις taîs hŭmnōidĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn hŭmnōidĭ́ān	τὼ ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ hŭmnōidĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hŭmnōidĭ́ās
Vocative	ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ hŭmnōidĭ́ā	ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ hŭmnōidĭ́ā	ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́αι hŭmnōidĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: hymnody