ὑμνογράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕμνος (húmnos, “hymn”) +‎ -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hym.no.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /ym.noˈɣra.ɸos/ → /im.noˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hym.no.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ym.noˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ym.noˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ym.noˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /im.noˈɣra.fos/

Noun

ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φος • (humnográphos) m (genitive ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. a poet who writes hymns; a hymnographer

   Synonym: ὑμνολόγος (humnológos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φος; τοῦ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φος ho humnográphos	τὼ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω tṑ humnográphō	οἱ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοι hoi humnográphoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φου toû humnográphou	τοῖν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοιν toîn humnográphoin	τῶν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φων tôn humnográphōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φῳ tôi humnográphōi	τοῖν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοιν toîn humnográphoin	τοῖς ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοις toîs humnográphois
Accusative	τὸν ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φον tòn humnográphon	τὼ ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω tṑ humnográphō	τοὺς ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φους toùs humnográphous
Vocative	ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φε humnográphe	ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φω humnográphō	ῠ̔μνογρᾰ́φοι humnográphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υμνογράφος (ymnográfos)

Further reading

• “ὑμνογράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑμνογράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette