Πολύμνια

See also: Πολυμνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πολῠῠ́μνῐᾰ (Poluúmnia)
• Πολῡμνῐ́ς (Polūmnís)

Etymology

Contraction of Πολῠῠ́μνῐᾰ (Poluúmnia), from πολῠ́ς (polús, “many”) +‎ ῠ̔́μνος (húmnos, “hymn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly̌ːm.ni.a/ → /poˈlym.ni.a/ → /poˈlim.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly̌ːm.ni.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈlym.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈlym.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈlym.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈlim.ni.a/

Proper noun

Πολῡ́μνῐᾰ • (Polū́mnia) f (genitive Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Polyhymnia, muse of sacred hymns and poetry

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πολῡ́μνῐᾰ; τῆς Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πολῡ́μνῐᾰ hē Polū́mnia
Genitive	τῆς Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς tês Polūmníās
Dative	τῇ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾳ têi Polūmníāi
Accusative	τὴν Πολῡ́μνῐᾰν tḕn Polū́mnian
Vocative	Πολῡ́μνῐᾰ Polū́mnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Polyhymnia
  • English: Polyhymnia

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία

References

• “Πολύμνια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press