μύξων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from μῠ́ξᾰ (mŭ́xă, “mucus”). Compare also μῠξῖνος (mŭxînos, “kind of mullet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mýk.sɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmyk.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmik.son/
Noun
μῠ́ξων • (mŭ́xōn) m (genitive μῠ́ξωνος); third declension
- kind of grey mullet (Liza saliens)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μῠ́ξων ho mŭ́xōn |
τὼ μῠ́ξωνε tṑ mŭ́xōne |
οἱ μῠ́ξωνες hoi mŭ́xōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́ξωνος toû mŭ́xōnos |
τοῖν μῠξώνοιν toîn mŭxṓnoin |
τῶν μῠξώνων tôn mŭxṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μῠ́ξωνῐ tōî mŭ́xōnĭ |
τοῖν μῠξώνοιν toîn mŭxṓnoin |
τοῖς μῠ́ξωσῐ / μῠ́ξωσῐν toîs mŭ́xōsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μῠ́ξωνᾰ tòn mŭ́xōnă |
τὼ μῠ́ξωνε tṑ mŭ́xōne |
τοὺς μῠ́ξωνᾰς toùs mŭ́xōnăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠ́ξων mŭ́xōn |
μῠ́ξωνε mŭ́xōne |
μῠ́ξωνες mŭ́xōnes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μύξων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μύξων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette