Μωϋσῆς

See also: Μωυσῆς and Μωυσής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the split of the non-Attic diphthong ⟨ωυ⟩ in earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês, disyllabic), which was likely formed under Ionic influence, from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Compare the disyllabic regularisation Μωσῆς (Mōsês).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈse̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈsis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈsis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.iˈsis/

Proper noun

Μωϋσῆς • (Mōüsês) m (genitive Μωϋσέως); irregular declension

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

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ Μωϋσῆς; τοῦ Μωϋσέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μωϋσῆς ho Mōüsês
Genitive	τοῦ Μωϋσέως toû Mōüséōs
Dative	τῷ Μωϋσεῖ / Μωϋσῇ tōî Mōüseî / Mōüsēî
Accusative	τὸν Μωϋσῆν tòn Mōüsên
Vocative	Μωϋσῆ Mōüsê
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

G3475 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible