εὐρυθμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔρυθμος (eúruthmos, “rhythmical”) (from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “rhythm”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.rytʰ.mí.aː/ → /e.βryθˈmi.a/ → /e.vriθˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rytʰ.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.rytʰˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βryθˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vryθˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vriθˈmi.a/

Noun

εὐρυθμίᾱ • (euruthmíā) f (genitive εὐρυθμίᾱς); first declension

1. rhythmical order

Declension

First declension of ἡ εὐρυθμίᾱ; τῆς εὐρυθμίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ εὐρυθμίᾱ hē euruthmíā
Genitive	τῆς εὐρυθμίᾱς tês euruthmíās
Dative	τῇ εὐρυθμίᾳ têi euruthmíāi
Accusative	τὴν εὐρυθμίᾱν tḕn euruthmíān
Vocative	εὐρυθμίᾱ euruthmíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: eurythmy

Further reading

• “εὐρυθμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐρυθμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐρυθμία 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.
  • cadence idem, page 108.
  • gracefulness idem, page 368.
  • melodiousness idem, page 524.
  • melody idem, page 524.
  • tunefulness idem, page 900.
• “eurythmy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.