Μωσῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the monophthongisation of the non-Attic diphthong ⟨ωυ⟩ to ⟨ω⟩ in earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês, disyllabic), which was likely formed under Ionic influence, from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Compare the trisyllabic regularisation Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μωσῆς • (Mōsês) m (genitive Μωσέως); irregular declension

  1. (Koine) alternative form of Μωυσῆς (Mōusês, “Moses”)

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ Μωσῆς; τοῦ Μωσέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μωσῆς
ho Mōsês
Genitive τοῦ Μωσέως
toû Mōséōs
Dative τῷ Μωσεῖ / Μωσῇ
tōî Mōseî / Mōsēî
Accusative τὸν Μωσῆν
tòn Mōsên
Vocative Μωσῆ
Mōsê
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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