ἁρμονία

See also: αρμονία and Ἁρμονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἁρμός (harmós, “joint”), cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “fit together”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἁρμονίᾱ • (harmoníā) f (genitive ἁρμονίᾱς); first declension

  1. a fitting together, joint
  2. union, league
  3. ordinance, decree
  4. a relation of sounds: harmony

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἁρμονίᾱ; τῆς ἁρμονίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἁρμονίᾱ
hē harmoníā 		τὼ ἁρμονίᾱ
tṑ harmoníā 		αἱ ἁρμονίαι
hai harmoníai
Genitive τῆς ἁρμονίᾱς
tês harmoníās 		τοῖν ἁρμονίαιν
toîn harmoníain 		τῶν ἁρμονιῶν
tôn harmoniôn
Dative τῇ ἁρμονίᾳ
tēî harmoníāi 		τοῖν ἁρμονίαιν
toîn harmoníain 		ταῖς ἁρμονίαις
taîs harmoníais
Accusative τὴν ἁρμονίᾱν
tḕn harmoníān 		τὼ ἁρμονίᾱ
tṑ harmoníā 		τᾱ̀ς ἁρμονίᾱς
tā̀s harmoníās
Vocative ἁρμονίᾱ
harmoníā 		ἁρμονίᾱ
harmoníā 		ἁρμονίαι
harmoníai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: harmonia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: гармония (garmonija)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἁρμονία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

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