θρηνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρηνῴδης (thrēnōídēs, “like or fit for a dirge”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from θρῆνος (thrênos, “lamenting”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song, ode”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ • (thrēnōidĭ́ā) f (genitive θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. lamentation, mourning
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 604d:
      τάχιστα γίγνεσθαι πρὸς τὸ ἰᾶσθαί τε καὶ ἐπανορθοῦν τὸ πεσόν τε καὶ νοσῆσαν, ἰατρικῇ θρηνῳδίαν ἀφανίζοντα.
      tákhista gígnesthai pròs tò iâsthaí te kaì epanorthoûn tò pesón te kaì nosêsan, iatrikēî thrēnōidían aphanízonta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.657a

Declension

First declension of ἡ θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ
hē thrēnōidĭ́ā 		τὼ θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ thrēnōidĭ́ā 		αἱ θρηνῳδῐ́αι
hai thrēnōidĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς
tês thrēnōidĭ́ās 		τοῖν θρηνῳδῐ́αιν
toîn thrēnōidĭ́ain 		τῶν θρηνῳδῐῶν
tôn thrēnōidĭôn
Dative τῇ θρηνῳδῐ́ᾳ
tēî thrēnōidĭ́āi 		τοῖν θρηνῳδῐ́αιν
toîn thrēnōidĭ́ain 		ταῖς θρηνῳδῐ́αις
taîs thrēnōidĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱν
tḕn thrēnōidĭ́ān 		τὼ θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ thrēnōidĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s thrēnōidĭ́ās
Vocative θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ
thrēnōidĭ́ā 		θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ
thrēnōidĭ́ā 		θρηνῳδῐ́αι
thrēnōidĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: threnody
  • → Latin: thrēnōdia

Further reading

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