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μελῳδίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελῳδίᾱ μελῳδίας

Structure: μελῳδι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from melw|do/s

Sense

  1. song, singing; chant; music

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ πάντα ταῦτα εἷσ ἄνθρωπόσ ἐστιν, τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα θεάματα καὶ ἀκούσματα ἑνὸσ ἑκάστου ἔργου τὴν ἐπίδειξιν ἔχει ἢ γὰρ αὐλόσ ἐστιν ἢ κιθάρα ἢ διὰ φωνῆσ μελῳδία ἢ τραγικὴ δραματουργία ἢ κωμικὴ γελωτοποιία· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 67:7)
  • ἔστι γὰρ διάστημα ἐν μελῳδίᾳ πᾶν τὸ περιεχόμενον ὑπὸ δυεῖν φθόγγων ἀνομοίων τῇ τάσει· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 172)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ὕστερον χρόνοισ Ὀρφέα, μεγάλην ἔχοντα δόξαν παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἐπὶ μελῳδίᾳ καὶ τελεταῖσ καὶ θεολογίαισ, ἐπιξενωθῆναι τοῖσ Καδμείοισ καὶ διαφερόντωσ ἐν ταῖσ Θήβαισ τιμηθῆναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 23 6:3)
  • τὸν δὲ Λίνον ἐπὶ ποιητικῇ καὶ μελῳδίᾳ θαυμασθέντα μαθητὰσ σχεῖν πολλούσ, ἐπιφανεστάτουσ δὲ τρεῖσ, Ἡρακλέα, Θαμύραν, Ὀρφέα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 67 2:1)
  • οὗτοσ γὰρ ἦν υἱὸσ μὲν Οἰάγρου, Θρᾷξ δὲ τὸ γένοσ, παιδείᾳ δὲ καὶ μελῳδίᾳ καὶ ποιήσει πολὺ προέχων τῶν μνημονευομένων· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 25 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. song

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