"μελῳδία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μελῳδία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.lɔːi̯.dí.aː/, /me.loˈði.a/, /me.loˈði.a/, /me.lɔːi̯.dí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me.loˈdi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /me.loˈði.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /me.loˈði.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /me.loˈði.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μελῳδός (melōidós, “musical”) + -ία (-ía), from μέλος (mélos) "musical phrase" + ᾠδή (ōidḗ), contracted form of ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) "song". Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μελῳδός|-ία|t1=musical}} μελῳδός (melōidós, “musical”) + -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μελῳδῐ́ᾱ|μελῳδῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} μελῳδῐ́ᾱ • (melōidĭ́ā) f (genitive μελῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μελῳδῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [canonical], melōidĭ́ā [romanization], μελῳδῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μελῳδῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς μελῳδῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν μελῳδῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μελῳδῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μελῳδῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μελῳδῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μελῳδῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν μελῳδῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μελῳδῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], μελῳδῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], μελῳδῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. song, singing; chant; music, melody
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    },
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      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.lɔːi̯.dí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "form": "αἱ μελῳδῐ́αι",
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/me.lɔːi̯.dí.aː/",
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    },
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/me.loˈði.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
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}

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