Μουσεῖον
See also: μουσεῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsă, “Muse”) + -εῖον (-eîon).
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/
Proper noun
Μουσεῖον • (Mouseîon) n (genitive Μουσείου); second declension
- the shrine of the Muses, the seat or haunt of the Muses
- the Museum (a hill at Athens)
- as the title of a book
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Μουσεῖον tò Mouseîon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μουσείου toû Mouseíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μουσείῳ tōî Mouseíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Μουσεῖον tò Mouseîon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μουσεῖον Mouseîon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μουσεῖᾰ (Mouseîă)
- μουσεῖον (mouseîon)
References
- “Μουσεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μουσεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers