prosodion

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion), use as noun of neuter of Koine Greek προσόδιος (prosódios) (though apparently first attested later), from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, procession) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).[1]

Noun

prosodion (plural prosodia or prosodions)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A processional hymn.

Translations

References

  1. ^ prosodion, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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