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)
- (Ancient Greece) A processional hymn.
- 1911, “Alcman”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 524:
- Alcman composed various kinds of poems in various metres; Parthenia (maidens’ songs), hymns, paeans, prosodia (processionals), and love-songs, of which he was considered the inventor.
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References
- ^ “prosodion, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.