Μουσαῖος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μοῦσα (moûsa, “music, Muse”) + -αῖος (-aîos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /muː.sâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /muˈsɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /muˈsɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /muˈse.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /muˈse.os/
Proper noun
Μουσαῖος • (Mousaîos) m (genitive Μουσαίου); second declension
- Musaeus
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1033
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μουσαῖος; τοῦ Μουσαίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μουσαῖος ho Mousaîos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μουσαίου toû Mousaíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μουσαίῳ tôi Mousaíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μουσαῖον tòn Mousaîon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μουσαῖε Mousaîe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μουσαίος (Mousaíos)
- Latin: Musaeus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017