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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós, “psalmist”) (from ψαλμός (psalmós, “plucking strings”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psal.mɔːi̯.dí.aː/ → /psal.moˈði.a/ → /psal.moˈði.a/
Noun
ψαλμῳδίᾱ • (psalmōidíā) f (genitive ψαλμῳδίᾱς); first declension
- singing with harp accompaniment
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- ψαλμῳδία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ψαλμῳδία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ψαλμῳδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press