antiphona

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνᾰ (antíphōnă, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɪˈpʰoː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.tiˈfɔː.na] === Noun === antiphōna f (genitive antiphōnae); first declension antiphon, an ecclesiastical chant used in many Christian rites consisting of psalms and hymns sung responsively ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== antiphonarium antiphonatim ==== Descendants ==== === References === "antiphona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “antiphona”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.