antiphona

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνᾰ (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈpʰoː.na/, [än̪t̪ɪˈpʰoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈfo.na/, [än̪t̪iˈfɔːnä]

Noun

antiphōna f (genitive antiphōnae); first declension

1. antiphon, an ecclesiastical chant used in many Christian rites consisting of psalms and hymns sung responsively

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antiphōna	antiphōnae
Genitive	antiphōnae	antiphōnārum
Dative	antiphōnae	antiphōnīs
Accusative	antiphōnam	antiphōnās
Ablative	antiphōnā	antiphōnīs
Vocative	antiphōna	antiphōnae

Derived terms

• antiphonarium
• antiphonatim

Descendants

Descendants

• Old French: antiene, anteine, anteivne
  • → Old English: antefn, antefen
    • Middle English: anteme, antimne, antempne, antheme, antime, antyme, antem, antym, antefen, antephne, anthephene, antefne
      • English: anthem
        • → Welsh: anthem
      • Scots: anthem
  • → Irish: aintiún, aintemhain f; ainteamhain f
• → Catalan: antífona
• → English: antiphon
• → Finnish: antifoni
• → German: Antifon
• → Ido: antifono
• → Irish: ainteafan
• → Italian: antifona
• → Old Polish: antyfona
  • Polish: antyfona
• → Portuguese: antífona
• → Spanish: antífona
• → Swedish: antifoni, antifon

References

• antiphona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• antiphona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.