Μωυσῆς

See also: Μωυσής and Μωϋσῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). The non-Attic diphthong ⟨ωυ⟩ is found in the Septuagint, and was likely of Ionic origin, though was later regularised into disyllabic Μωσῆς (Mōsês) and trisyllabic Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μωυσῆς • (Mōusês) m (genitive Μωυσῆ or Μωυσέως); irregular declension

  1. (Koine, biblical) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Moses

Declension

Irregular declension of ὁ Μωυσῆς; τοῦ Μωυσῆ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μωυσῆς
ho Mōusês
Genitive τοῦ Μωυσῆ / Μωυσέως
toû Mōusê / Mōuséōs
Dative τῷ Μωυσῇ / Μωυσεῖ
tōî Mōusēî / Mōuseî
Accusative τὸν Μωυσῆν
tòn Mōusên
Vocative Μωυσῆ
Mōusê
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μωυσής (Moysís)
  • → Albanian: Moisiu
  • → Armenian: Մովսես (Movses)
  • → Bulgarian: Мойсей (Mojsej)
  • → Georgian: მოსე (mose)
  • → Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃 (mōsēs)
  • → Latin: Moses, Moyses (see there for further descendants)
  • → Romanian: Moise
  • → Russian: Моисе́й (Moiséj)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Мојсије, Mojsije
  • → Ukrainian: Мойсей (Mojsej)

References

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