ῥαψῳδός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to sew”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ap.sɔːi̯.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /rap.soˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /rap.soˈðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /rap.soˈðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /rap.soˈðos/
Noun
ῥαψῳδός • (rhapsōidós) m (genitive ῥαψῳδοῦ); second declension
- rhapsodist
- One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῥᾰψῳδός ho rhăpsōidós |
τὼ ῥᾰψῳδώ tṑ rhăpsōidṓ |
οἱ ῥᾰψῳδοί hoi rhăpsōidoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῥᾰψῳδοῦ toû rhăpsōidoû |
τοῖν ῥᾰψῳδοῖν toîn rhăpsōidoîn |
τῶν ῥᾰψῳδῶν tôn rhăpsōidôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῥᾰψῳδῷ tōî rhăpsōidōî |
τοῖν ῥᾰψῳδοῖν toîn rhăpsōidoîn |
τοῖς ῥᾰψῳδοῖς toîs rhăpsōidoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῥᾰψῳδόν tòn rhăpsōidón |
τὼ ῥᾰψῳδώ tṑ rhăpsōidṓ |
τοὺς ῥᾰψῳδούς toùs rhăpsōidoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥᾰψῳδέ rhăpsōidé |
ῥᾰψῳδώ rhăpsōidṓ |
ῥᾰψῳδοί rhăpsōidoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥαψῳδέω (rhapsōidéō)
- ῥαψῳδῐ́ᾱ (rhapsōidĭ́ā)
- ῥαψῳδῐκός (rhapsōidĭkós)
Descendants
- → French: rhapsode
References
- “ῥαψῳδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥαψῳδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥαψῳδός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bard idem, page 62.
- minstrel idem, page 531.
- reciter idem, page 679.
- rhapsodist idem, page 712.
- riddling idem, page 713.
- singer idem, page 777.
- troubadour idem, page 897.