μύξων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from μῠ́ξᾰ (múxa, “mucus”). Compare also μῠξῖνος (muxînos, “kind of mullet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mýk.sɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmik.son/
Noun
μῠ́ξων • (múxōn) m (genitive μῠ́ξωνος); third declension
- kind of grey mullet (Liza saliens)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ μῠ́ξων; τοῦ μῠ́ξωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μῠ́ξων ho múxōn | τὼ μῠ́ξωνε tṑ múxōne | οἱ μῠ́ξωνες hoi múxōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́ξωνος toû múxōnos | τοῖν μῠξώνοιν toîn muxṓnoin | τῶν μῠξώνων tôn muxṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῠ́ξωνῐ tôi múxōni | μῠξώνοιν muxṓnoin | τοῖς μῠ́ξωσῐ / μῠ́ξωσῐν toîs múxōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μῠ́ξωνᾰ tòn múxōna | μῠ́ξωνε múxōne | τοὺς μῠ́ξωνᾰς toùs múxōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῠ́ξων múxōn | μῠ́ξωνε múxōne | μῠ́ξωνες múxōnes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- μύξων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μύξων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette