μουσεῖον
See also: Μουσεῖον
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 23 April 2016
Etymology
Use as a common noun of Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /muː.sêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /muˈsi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /muˈsi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /muˈsi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /muˈsi.on/
Noun
μουσεῖον • (mouseîon) n (genitive μουσείου); second declension
- a home of music or poetry
- a choir
- (generally) a school of art or letters
- of Athens
- a museum, i.e. a philosophical school and library
- used of the Platonic Academy
- used of the Musaeum at Alexandria
Declension
Second declension of τὸ μουσεῖον; τοῦ μουσείου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μουσεῖον tò mouseîon | τὼ μουσείω tṑ mouseíō | τᾰ̀ μουσεῖᾰ tà mouseîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μουσείου toû mouseíou | τοῖν μουσείοιν toîn mouseíoin | τῶν μουσείων tôn mouseíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μουσείῳ tôi mouseíōi | τοῖν μουσείοιν toîn mouseíoin | τοῖς μουσείοις toîs mouseíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μουσεῖον tò mouseîon | τὼ μουσείω tṑ mouseíō | τᾰ̀ μουσεῖᾰ tà mouseîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | μουσεῖον mouseîon | μουσείω mouseíō | μουσεῖᾰ mouseîa | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μουσείο (mouseío)
- Latin: mūsēum, mūsīvum
References
- “Μουσεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press