Μύρσινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρσινος (múrsinos), alternative form of μύρτινος (múrtinos, “made of myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýr.si.nos/ → /ˈmyr.si.nos/ → /ˈmir.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýr.si.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.si.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.si.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.si.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmir.si.nos/

Proper noun

Μύρσῐνος • (Múrsinos) f (genitive Μυρσῐ́νου); second declension

1. Myrsinus, Elis, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Μύρσῐνος; τῆς Μυρσῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μύρσῐνος hē Múrsinos
Genitive	τῆς Μυρσῐ́νου tês Mursínou
Dative	τῇ Μυρσῐ́νῳ têi Mursínōi
Accusative	τὴν Μύρσῐνον tḕn Múrsinon
Vocative	Μύρσῐνε Múrsine
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Myrsinus

References

• Μύρσινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Μύρσινος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers