μνάσιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μναύσιον (mnaúsion)
Etymology
From Egyptian mnw (“aromatic plant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mná.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
Noun
μνᾰ́σῐον • (mnắsĭon) n (genitive μνᾰ́σῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnắsĭon |
τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ mnắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου toû mnăsĭ́ou |
τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnăsĭ́oin |
τῶν μνᾰσῐ́ων tôn mnăsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μνᾰσῐ́ῳ tōî mnăsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnăsĭ́oin |
τοῖς μνᾰσῐ́οις toîs mnăsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnắsĭon |
τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ mnắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μνᾰ́σῐον mnắsĭon |
μνᾰσῐ́ω mnăsĭ́ō |
μνᾰ́σῐᾰ mnắsĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μνάσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μνάσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN