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I too find the spelling, Aoide difficult. Although more appealing to the aesthetic sense it is confusing. However, if you take it's other spelling "Aoede" into consideration I believe it should be pronounced: "Eh Oh Dee" the A should be a long A and the "oe", well...think of the word, "aloe" and take out the "l".
Also, if you look at the Greek names if there are two vowals next to each other, one is always stressed and the other not; one is long and the other short. For example, "Io" and "Iole". More more specifically we can look at "Aeolus" which can also be spelled "Aiolos" and see similarities.
if anyone else has any insight please share! this is quite fascinating.
Also, if you look at the Greek names if there are two vowals next to each other, one is always stressed and the other not; one is long and the other short. For example, "Io" and "Iole". More more specifically we can look at "Aeolus" which can also be spelled "Aiolos" and see similarities.
if anyone else has any insight please share! this is quite fascinating.
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Sorry, after looking at some links left by previous posts I would like to make a minor change to my hypothesis above. Now I believe it should be "Eh Oy Dee" I'm sure the A is long as well as the 'de' part.
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Like Daividh, I'd say EE-deh.
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I'd say it's probably EE-deh, since the Irish name Aoife is of similar structure and is pronounced EE-feh.
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Aoide is a Greek name, not Irish
"AOIDE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Áïéäç (Greek)
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Means "to sing" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song."
A Greek Pronunciation Guide (ancient Greek, biblical or koine Greek and modern Greek):
http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/pronunciation.html
Lumia
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"AOIDE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Áïéäç (Greek)
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Means "to sing" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song."
A Greek Pronunciation Guide (ancient Greek, biblical or koine Greek and modern Greek):
http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/pronunciation.html
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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True enough, but...
I was basing my response on the (perhaps optimistic) premise that there can only be so many ways to mangle a nightmarish vowel string like "aoi" within the Indo-European language family. Could be wrong.
It's safe to assume that most Irish spelling was probably concocted late at night in a haze of unfiltered cigarettes, grain alcohol, and chronic depression, but what were the GREEKS thinking? If Pavlos is any example, they were probably just messin with our heads...
I was basing my response on the (perhaps optimistic) premise that there can only be so many ways to mangle a nightmarish vowel string like "aoi" within the Indo-European language family. Could be wrong.
It's safe to assume that most Irish spelling was probably concocted late at night in a haze of unfiltered cigarettes, grain alcohol, and chronic depression, but what were the GREEKS thinking? If Pavlos is any example, they were probably just messin with our heads...
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An ode to Guinness draught
...again I beg to disagree at the risk of causing our ancient mariner Daividh a hangover.
In fact, Aoide or Aoede -- also a satellite of Jupiter -- is derived from ÁïéäÞ, who also happened to be one of the muses.
Aoede is rerived from the verb "aeido", to sing. Another famous beer, err, word, with the same root is "ode".
...again I beg to disagree at the risk of causing our ancient mariner Daividh a hangover.
In fact, Aoide or Aoede -- also a satellite of Jupiter -- is derived from ÁïéäÞ, who also happened to be one of the muses.
Aoede is rerived from the verb "aeido", to sing. Another famous beer, err, word, with the same root is "ode".
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A-dee? O-dee?
that's a good question... i have NO idea.
that's a good question... i have NO idea.
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