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προσῳδίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίᾱς

Structure: προσῳδι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: w)|dh/

Sense

  1. a song with an accompaniment
  2. (grammar) the tone or pitch of a word
  3. diacritic mark

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίαι
Genitive προσῳδίᾱς προσῳδίαιν προσῳδιῶν
Dative προσῳδίᾱͅ προσῳδίαιν προσῳδίαις
Accusative προσῳδίᾱν προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίᾱς
Vocative προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίᾱ προσῳδίαι

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 ἔστι λέξισ κρατίστη πασῶν, ἥτισ ἂν ἔχῃ πλείστασ ἀναπαύλασ τε καὶ μεταβολὰσ ἐναρμονίουσ, ὅταν τουτὶ μὲν ἐν περιόδῳ λέγηται, τουτὶ δ’ ἔξω περιόδου καὶ ἥδε μὲν ἡ περίοδοσ ἐκ πλειόνων πλέκηται κώλων, ἥδε δ’ ἐξ ἐλαττόνων, αὐτῶν δὲ τῶν κώλων τὸ μὲν βραχύτερον ᾖ, τὸ δὲ μακρότερον καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐτουργότερον , τὸ δὲ ἀκριβέστερον, ῥυθμοί τε ἄλλοτε ἄλλοι καὶ σχήματα παντοῖα καὶ τάσεισ φωνῆσ αἱ καλούμεναι προσῳδίαι διάφοροι κλέπτουσαι τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1917)

Synonyms

  1. a song with an accompaniment

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