ὑμνογράφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὕμνος (húmnos, “hymn”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hym.no.ɡrá.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ym.noˈɡra.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ym.noˈɣra.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ym.noˈɣra.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /im.noˈɣra.fos/
Noun
ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φος • (hŭmnogrắphos) m (genitive ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φου); second declension
- a poet who writes hymns; a hymnographer
- Synonym: ὑμνολόγος (humnológos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φος ho hŭmnogrắphos |
τὼ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω tṑ hŭmnogrắphō |
οἱ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοι hoi hŭmnogrắphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φου toû hŭmnogrắphou |
τοῖν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοιν toîn hŭmnogrắphoin |
τῶν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φων tôn hŭmnogrắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φῳ tōî hŭmnogrắphōi |
τοῖν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοιν toîn hŭmnogrắphoin |
τοῖς ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοις toîs hŭmnogrắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φον tòn hŭmnogrắphon |
τὼ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω tṑ hŭmnogrắphō |
τοὺς ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φους toùs hŭmnogrắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φε hŭmnogrắphe |
ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω hŭmnogrắphō |
ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοι hŭmnogrắphoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: υμνογράφος (ymnográfos)
Further reading
- “ὑμνογράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑμνογράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette