ῥαψῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós, “performer of Epic poetry”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱ • (rhăpsōidĭ́ā) f (genitive ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. recitation of Epic poetry
  2. Epic composition
  3. rigmarole

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ
hē rhapsōidĭ́ā 		τὼ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ rhapsōidĭ́ā 		αἱ ῥαψῳδῐ́αι
hai rhapsōidĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς
tês rhapsōidĭ́ās 		τοῖν ῥαψῳδῐ́αιν
toîn rhapsōidĭ́ain 		τῶν ῥαψῳδῐῶν
tôn rhapsōidĭôn
Dative τῇ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾳ
tēî rhapsōidĭ́āi 		τοῖν ῥαψῳδῐ́αιν
toîn rhapsōidĭ́ain 		ταῖς ῥαψῳδῐ́αις
taîs rhapsōidĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱν
tḕn rhapsōidĭ́ān 		τὼ ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ rhapsōidĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s rhapsōidĭ́ās
Vocative ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ
rhapsōidĭ́ā 		ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ
rhapsōidĭ́ā 		ῥαψῳδῐ́αι
rhapsōidĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: rhapsōdia

Further reading

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