threnodia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ (thrēnōidíā).

Pronunciation

Noun

thrēnōdia f (genitive thrēnōdiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) a funeral lament, a dirge or elegy, a threnody
    • 1501, Nicolaus Marscalcus, Orꝛthographia, s.v. “Threnodia”:
      Threnodia: cantus lugubris.
      Threnodia: a doleful, plaintive song.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative thrēnōdia thrēnōdiae
genitive thrēnōdiae thrēnōdiārum
dative thrēnōdiae thrēnōdiīs
accusative thrēnōdiam thrēnōdiās
ablative thrēnōdiā thrēnōdiīs
vocative thrēnōdia thrēnōdiae