ὑμνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑμνῳδός (humnōidós, “singing hymns”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “hymn”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) "song".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ • (humnōidĭ́ā) f (genitive ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. singing of a hymn, hymning

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ
hē humnōidĭ́ā 		τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ humnōidĭ́ā 		αἱ ὑμνῳδῐ́αι
hai humnōidĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς
tês humnōidĭ́ās 		τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν
toîn humnōidĭ́ain 		τῶν ὑμνῳδῐῶν
tôn humnōidĭôn
Dative τῇ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾳ
tēî humnōidĭ́āi 		τοῖν ὑμνῳδῐ́αιν
toîn humnōidĭ́ain 		ταῖς ὑμνῳδῐ́αις
taîs humnōidĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱν
tḕn humnōidĭ́ān 		τὼ ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ humnōidĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s humnōidĭ́ās
Vocative ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ
humnōidĭ́ā 		ὑμνῳδῐ́ᾱ
humnōidĭ́ā 		ὑμνῳδῐ́αι
humnōidĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: hymnody

Further reading

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