προσῳδία

See also: προσῳδίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρός (prós, “to”) +‎ ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/ → /pro.soˈði.a/ → /pro.soˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɔːi̯.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈði.a/

Noun

προσῳδῐ́ᾱ • (prosōidĭ́ā) f (genitive προσῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a song with an accompaniment
2. (grammar) the tone or pitch of a word
3. diacritic mark

Inflection

First declension of ἡ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ hē prosōidĭ́ā	τὼ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōidĭ́ā	αἱ προσῳδῐ́αι hai prosōidĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς tês prosōidĭ́ās	τοῖν προσῳδῐ́αιν toîn prosōidĭ́ain	τῶν προσῳδῐῶν tôn prosōidĭôn
Dative	τῇ προσῳδῐ́ᾳ tēî prosōidĭ́āi	τοῖν προσῳδῐ́αιν toîn prosōidĭ́ain	ταῖς προσῳδῐ́αις taîs prosōidĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν προσῳδῐ́ᾱν tḕn prosōidĭ́ān	τὼ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōidĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς προσῳδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s prosōidĭ́ās
Vocative	προσῳδῐ́ᾱ prosōidĭ́ā	προσῳδῐ́ᾱ prosōidĭ́ā	προσῳδῐ́αι prosōidĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Hyponyms

• (προσῳδίαι ἑλληνικαί) προσῳδία; βαρεῖα ⟨ ` ⟩, βραχεῖα ⟨ ˘ ⟩, δασεῖα ⟨ ῾ ⟩, διαίρεσις ⟨ ¨ ⟩, κορωνίς ⟨ ’ ⟩, μακρά ⟨ ¯ ⟩, ὀξεῖα ⟨ ´ ⟩, περισπωμένη ⟨ ῀ ⟩, προσγεγραμμένη ⟨ ι ⟩, ὑπογεγραμμένη ⟨ ͺ ⟩, ψιλή ⟨ ’ ⟩ ^{(Category: grc:Diacritical marks)}

Descendants

• Latin: accentus (calque)
• → Latin: prosōdia
  • → English: prosody
  • → German: Prosodie, Prosodik
• → Russian: просодия (prosodija)

References

• “προσῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προσῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “προσῳδία” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette