μολπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλπω (mélpō, “to celebrate with dance and song”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mol.pɛ̌ː/ → /molˈpi/ → /molˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mol.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /molˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /molˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /molˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /molˈpi/

Noun

μολπή • (molpḗ) f (genitive μολπῆς); first declension

1. dance
2. song

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μολπή; τῆς μολπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μολπή hē molpḗ	τὼ μολπᾱ́ tṑ molpā́	αἱ μολπαί hai molpaí
Genitive	τῆς μολπῆς tês molpês	τοῖν μολπαῖν toîn molpaîn	τῶν μολπῶν tôn molpôn
Dative	τῇ μολπῇ têi molpêi	τοῖν μολπαῖν toîn molpaîn	ταῖς μολπαῖς taîs molpaîs
Accusative	τὴν μολπήν tḕn molpḗn	τὼ μολπᾱ́ tṑ molpā́	τᾱ̀ς μολπᾱ́ς tā̀s molpā́s
Vocative	μολπή molpḗ	μολπᾱ́ molpā́	μολπαί molpaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὔμολπος (Eúmolpos)
• μολπᾰ́ζω (molpázō)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chant idem, page 124.
  • melody idem, page 524.
  • song idem, page 793.