Μουσαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μοῦσα (moûsa, “music, Muse”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muː.sâi̯.os/ → /muˈsɛ.os/ → /muˈse.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /muː.sâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /muˈsɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /muˈsɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /muˈse.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /muˈse.os/

Proper noun

Μουσαῖος • (Mousaîos) m (genitive Μουσαίου); second declension

1. Musaeus
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1033

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μουσαῖος; τοῦ Μουσαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μουσαῖος ho Mousaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Μουσαίου toû Mousaíou
Dative	τῷ Μουσαίῳ tôi Mousaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Μουσαῖον tòn Mousaîon
Vocative	Μουσαῖε Mousaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μουσαίος (Mousaíos)
• Latin: Musaeus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017