μνάσιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μναύσιον (mnaúsion)
Etymology
From Egyptian mnw (“aromatic plant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mná.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
Noun
μνᾰ́σῐον • (mnásion) n (genitive μνᾰ́σῐ́ου); second declension
- earth almond (Cyperus esculentus)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnásion | τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnasíō | τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tà mnásia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου toû mnasíou | τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnasíoin | τῶν μνᾰσῐ́ων tôn mnasíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μνᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi mnasíōi | τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnasíoin | τοῖς μνᾰσῐ́οις toîs mnasíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnásion | τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnasíō | τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tà mnásia | ||||||||||
Vocative | μνᾰ́σῐον mnásion | μνᾰσῐ́ω mnasíō | μνᾰ́σῐᾰ mnásia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- μνάσιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μνάσιον 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