μελῳδία

See also: μελωδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μελῳδός (melōidós, “musical”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from μέλος (mélos) "musical phrase" + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) "song".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μελῳδῐ́ᾱ • (melōidĭ́ā) f (genitive μελῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. song, singing; chant; music, melody

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μελῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ
hē melōidĭ́ā 		τὼ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ melōidĭ́ā 		αἱ μελῳδῐ́αι
hai melōidĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς μελῳδῐ́ᾱς
tês melōidĭ́ās 		τοῖν μελῳδῐ́αιν
toîn melōidĭ́ain 		τῶν μελῳδῐῶν
tôn melōidĭôn
Dative τῇ μελῳδῐ́ᾳ
tēî melōidĭ́āi 		τοῖν μελῳδῐ́αιν
toîn melōidĭ́ain 		ταῖς μελῳδῐ́αις
taîs melōidĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν μελῳδῐ́ᾱν
tḕn melōidĭ́ān 		τὼ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ melōidĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς μελῳδῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s melōidĭ́ās
Vocative μελῳδῐ́ᾱ
melōidĭ́ā 		μελῳδῐ́ᾱ
melōidĭ́ā 		μελῳδῐ́αι
melōidĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: μελωδία (melodía)
  • → Latin: melōdia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: մեղեդի (mełedi)
  • Russian: мелодия (melodija)

Further reading

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