Πολυμνία
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See also: Πολύμνια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Contracted from *Πολῠῠ́μνῐᾰ (*Poluúmnia), from πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) + ῠ̔́μνος (húmnos, “song”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lyːm.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lymˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.limˈni.a/
Proper noun
Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ • (Polūmníā) f (genitive Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ hē Polūmníā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱς tês Polūmníās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Πολῡμνῐ́ᾳ têi Polūmníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Polūmníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πολῡμνῐ́ᾱ Polūmníā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πολῡμνῐ́ς (Polūmnís)
Descendants
- Greek: Πολυμνία (Polymnía)
- Latin: Polyhymnia
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Πολυμνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette