μύσταξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βύσταξ (bústax)
  • μύττακες (múttakes)

Etymology

According to Beekes, both the variants listed in the alternative forms section suggest a Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μύστᾰξ • (mústăx) m (genitive μύστᾰκος); third declension

  1. upper lip or moustache

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ; τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ
ho mŭ́stăx 		τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε
tṑ mŭ́stăke 		οἱ μῠ́στᾰκες
hoi mŭ́stăkes
Genitive τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος
toû mŭ́stăkos 		τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν
toîn mŭstắkoin 		τῶν μῠστᾰ́κων
tôn mŭstắkōn
Dative τῷ μῠ́στᾰκῐ
tōî mŭ́stăkĭ 		τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν
toîn mŭstắkoin 		τοῖς μῠ́στᾰξῐ / μῠ́στᾰξῐν
toîs mŭ́stăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν μῠ́στᾰκᾰ
tòn mŭ́stăkă 		τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε
tṑ mŭ́stăke 		τοὺς μῠ́στᾰκᾰς
toùs mŭ́stăkăs
Vocative μῠ́στᾰξ
mŭ́stăx 		μῠ́στᾰκε
mŭ́stăke 		μῠ́στᾰκες
mŭ́stăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μύσταξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 986

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