ᾠδή

See also: ωδή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) — uncontracted

Etymology

Contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ), from ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.dɛ̌ː/ → /oˈði/ → /oˈði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.dɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈde̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈði/

Noun

ᾠδή • (ōidḗ) f (genitive ᾠδῆς); first declension

1. song, ode
2. legend, tale, story

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾠδή; τῆς ᾠδῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾠδή hē ōidḗ	τὼ ᾠδᾱ́ tṑ ōidā́	αἱ ᾠδαί hai ōidaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾠδῆς tês ōidês	τοῖν ᾠδαῖν toîn ōidaîn	τῶν ᾠδῶν tôn ōidôn
Dative	τῇ ᾠδῇ têi ōidêi	τοῖν ᾠδαῖν toîn ōidaîn	ταῖς ᾠδαῖς taîs ōidaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾠδήν tḕn ōidḗn	τὼ ᾠδᾱ́ tṑ ōidā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾠδᾱ́ς tā̀s ōidā́s
Vocative	ᾠδή ōidḗ	ᾠδᾱ́ ōidā́	ᾠδαί ōidaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῳδός (epōidós)
• κωμῳδία (kōmōidía)
• μελῳδία (melōidía)
• ῥαψῳδία (rhapsōidía)
• τραγῳδία (tragōidía)
• ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
• ᾠδάριον (ōidárion)
• ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon)

Descendants

• → Latin: ōda
  • Middle French: ode
    • French: ode
    • → English: ode
• Greek: ωδή (odí)
• → Russian: о́да f (óda)

Further reading

• “ᾠδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ᾠδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ᾠδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5603 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • carol idem, page 114.
  • chant idem, page 124.
  • glee idem, page 361.
  • lay idem, page 480.
  • melody idem, page 524.
  • minstrelsy idem, page 531.
  • ode idem, page 569.
  • poem idem, page 623.
  • singing idem, page 777.
  • song idem, page 793.