ᾠδή

See also: ωδή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) — uncontracted

Etymology

Contracted form of ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ), from ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō, “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. the art of singing
2. song; ode
3. theme of a song
4. legend; tale; story
5. (figurative) spell; incantation

Declension

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 tēî ōidēî	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

• ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰρῴδησῐς (ăntĭpărōídēsĭs)
• ᾰ̓ντῳδή (ăntōidḗ)
• αὐλομελῳδῐ́ᾱ (aulomelōidĭ́ā)
• αὐλῳδῐ́ᾱ (aulōidĭ́ā)
• δευτερῳδῐ́ᾱ (deuterōidĭ́ā)
• δῐᾰκωμῴδησῐς (dĭăkōmōídēsĭs)
• ἐπᾰοιδή (epăoidḗ)
• ἐπῳδή (epōidḗ)
• ἐπῳδός (epōidós)
• θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ (thrēnōidĭ́ā)
• ῐ̔λᾰροτρᾰγῳδῐ́ᾱ (hĭlărotrăgōidĭ́ā)
• ῐ̔λᾰρῳδῐ́ᾱ (hĭlărōidĭ́ā)
• κῐθᾰρῴδησῐς (kĭthărōídēsĭs)
• κῐθᾰρῳδῐ́ᾱ (kĭthărōidĭ́ā)
• κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)
• κωμῳδοτρᾰγῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidotrăgōidĭ́ā)
• λῐνῳδῐ́ᾱ (lĭnōidĭ́ā)
• λῠρῳδῐ́ᾱ (lŭrōidĭ́ā)
• μᾰγῳδή (măgōidḗ)
• μᾰγῳδῐ́ᾱ (măgōidĭ́ā)
• μελῳδῐ́ᾱ (melōidĭ́ā)
• μετᾰτρᾰγῳδῐ́ᾱ (metătrăgōidĭ́ā)
• μονῳδῐ́ᾱ (monōidĭ́ā)
• πᾰλῐνῳδῐ́ᾱ (pălĭnōidĭ́ā)
• πᾰρῳδέω (părōidéō)
• πᾰρῳδή (părōidḗ)
• πᾰρῴδησις (părōídēsis)
• πᾰρῳδῐ́ᾱ (părōidĭ́ā)
• περῐῳδή (perĭōidḗ)
• προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
• ῥᾰβδῳδῐ́ᾱ (rhăbdōidĭ́ā)
• ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱ (rhăpsōidĭ́ā)
• σῑμῳδῐ́ᾱ (sīmōidĭ́ā)
• σῠνῳδή (sŭnōidḗ)
• σῠνῳδῐ́ᾱ (sŭnōidĭ́ā)
• τετρᾰγωνῳδῐ́ᾱ (tetrăgōnōidĭ́ā)
• τρᾰγῳδῐ́ᾱ (trăgōidĭ́ā)
• τρῑζῳδῐ́ᾱ (trīzōidĭ́ā)
• τρῠγῳδῐ́ᾱ (trŭgōidĭ́ā)
• ῠ̔μνῳδῐ́ᾱ (hŭmnōidĭ́ā)
• φῐλῳδῐ́ᾱ (phĭlōidĭ́ā)
• χορῳδῐ́ᾱ (khorōidĭ́ā)
• χρησμῳδῐ́ᾱ (khrēsmōidĭ́ā)
• ψᾰλμῳδῐ́ᾱ (psălmōidĭ́ā)
• ψᾰλτῳδῐ́ᾱ (psăltōidĭ́ā)
• ᾠδᾰ́ρῐον (ōidắrĭon)
• ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon)
• ᾨδεῖον (Ōideîon)

Descendants

• Greek: ωδή (odí)
• → Latin: ōdē, ōda
  • Middle French: ode
    • French: ode
    • → English: ode
    • → Russian: о́да f (óda)
  • Portuguese: ode
  • Spanish: oda

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.