Μάσης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎː.sɛːs/ → /ˈma.sis/ → /ˈma.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎː.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sis/

Proper noun

Μᾱ́σης • (Mā́sēs) f (genitive Μᾱ́σητος); third declension

1. Mases, Argolis, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μᾱ́σης; τῆς Μᾱ́σητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾱ́σης hē Mā́sēs
Genitive	τῆς Μᾱ́σητος tês Mā́sētos
Dative	τῇ Μᾱ́σητῐ têi Mā́sēti
Accusative	τὴν Μᾱ́σητᾰ tḕn Mā́sēta
Vocative	Μᾱ́σης Mā́sēs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• → Latin: Māsēs

Further reading

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