μύσταξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βύσταξ (bústax)
- μύττακες (múttakes)
Etymology
According to Beekes, both the variants lead to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mýs.taks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmys.taks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmys.taks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmys.taks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmis.taks/
Noun
μύστᾰξ • (mústax) m (genitive μύστᾰκος); third declension
- upper lip or moustache
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ; τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ ho mústax | τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε tṑ mústake | οἱ μῠ́στᾰκες hoi mústakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος toû mústakos | τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν toîn mustákoin | τῶν μῠστᾰ́κων tôn mustákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῠ́στᾰκῐ tôi mústaki | τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν toîn mustákoin | τοῖς μῠ́στᾰξῐ / μῠ́στᾰξῐν toîs mústaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μῠ́στᾰκᾰ tòn mústaka | τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε tṑ mústake | τοὺς μῠ́στᾰκᾰς toùs mústakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῠ́στᾰξ mústax | μῠ́στᾰκε mústake | μῠ́στᾰκες mústakes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: moustache
References
- μύσταξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μύσταξ 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