Μοῦσα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Several hypotheses exist:
- From *Μονθια (*Monthia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *dʰeh₁-, whence μανθάνω (manthánō).
- From *Μοντια (*Montia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower; mountain”). Since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains or hills. [1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with μαίομαι (maíomai), Latin mōs, English mood.
- Otherwise, Beekes has Pre-Greek in his disposal.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /môː.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmu.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmu.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmu.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmu.sa/
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μοῦσᾰ hē Moûsa |
τὼ Μούσᾱ tṑ Moúsā |
αἱ Μοῦσαι hai Moûsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μούσης tês Moúsēs |
τοῖν Μούσαιν toîn Moúsain |
τῶν Μουσῶν tôn Mousôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μούσῃ têi Moúsēi |
τοῖν Μούσαιν toîn Moúsain |
ταῖς Μούσαις taîs Moúsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μοῦσᾰν tḕn Moûsan |
τὼ Μούσᾱ tṑ Moúsā |
τᾱ̀ς Μούσᾱς tā̀s Moúsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Μοῦσᾰ Moûsa |
Μούσᾱ Moúsā |
Μοῦσαι Moûsai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | Μοῦσᾰ Moûsa |
Μούσᾱ Moúsā |
Μοῦσαι Moûsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | Μούσης Moúsēs |
Μούσαιν / Μούσαιῐν / Μούσῃῐν Moúsai(i)n / Moúsēiin |
Μουσᾱ́ων / Μουσέ͜ων / Μουσῶν Mousā́ōn / Mousé͜ōn / Mousôn | ||||||||||
Dative | Μούσῃ Moúsēi |
Μούσαιν / Μούσαιῐν / Μούσῃῐν Moúsai(i)n / Moúsēiin |
Μούσῃσῐ / Μούσῃσῐν / Μούσῃς / Μούσαις Moúsēisi(n) / Moúsēis / Moúsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | Μοῦσᾰν Moûsan |
Μούσᾱ Moúsā |
Μούσᾱς Moúsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Μοῦσᾰ Moûsa |
Μούσᾱ Moúsā |
Μοῦσαι Moûsai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
- μουσική (mousikḗ)
- µουσεῖον (µouseîon)
References
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- A. B. Cook (1914), Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion, Vol. I, p. 104, Cambridge University Press
- Μοῦσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Μοῦσα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Μοῦσα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Μοῦσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 704
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