μίσυ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps an adjective meaning "brilliant" borrowed from an Anatolian language; compare Hittite [script needed] (mišriuant, “brilliant, shining”), from the same root of Sanskrit मिषति (miṣati, “to blink, open the eyes”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mí.sy/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmi.sy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.sy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.sy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.si/
Noun
μίσυ • (mísu) n (genitive μίσῠος or μίσεως); third declension
- copper ore found in Cyprus
- truffle (Tuber aestivum), growing near Cyrene
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ μῐ́σῠ; τοῦ μῐ́σῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mísu | τὼ μῐ́σῠε tṑ mísue | τᾰ̀ μῐ́σῠᾰ tà mísua | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῐ́σῠος toû mísuos | τοῖν μῐσῠ́οιν toîn misúoin | τῶν μῐσῠ́ων tôn misúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῐ́σῠῐ̈ tôi mísuï | τοῖν μῐσῠ́οιν toîn misúoin | τοῖς μῐ́σῠσῐ / μῐ́σῠσῐν toîs mísusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mísu | τὼ μῐ́σῠε tṑ mísue | τᾰ̀ μῐ́σῠᾰ tà mísua | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῐ́σῠ mísu | μῐ́σῠε mísue | μῐ́σῠᾰ mísua | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τὸ μῐ́σῠ; τοῦ μῐ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mísu | τὼ μῐ́σει tṑ mísei | τᾰ̀ μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ tà mísē / mísea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῐ́σεως toû míseōs | τοῖν μῐσέοιν toîn miséoin | τῶν μῐ́σεων tôn míseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῐ́σει tôi mísei | τοῖν μῐσέοιν toîn miséoin | τοῖς μῐ́σεσῐ / μῐ́σεσῐν toîs mísesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mísu | τὼ μῐ́σει tṑ mísei | τᾰ̀ μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ tà mísē / mísea | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῐ́σῠ mísu | μῐ́σει mísei | μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ mísē / mísea | ||||||||||
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References
- μίσυ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μίσυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN