ῥαψῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós, “performer of Epic poetry”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱ • (rhapsōidíā) f (genitive ῥᾰψῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Latin: rhapsōdia
- → Middle French: rhapsodie
  - → English: rhapsody
  - French: rhapsodie

Further reading

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

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