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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλπω (mélpō, “to celebrate with dance and song”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mol.pɛ̌ː/ → /molˈpi/ → /molˈpi/
Noun
μολπή • (molpḗ) f (genitive μολπῆς); first declension
- dance
- song
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “μολπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μολπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μολπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.